It looks good! And I like your DIY spirit. It reminds me a bit of a Hercules head. Are the parts that slide against each other going to be polished aluminum?
It looks good! And I like your DIY spirit. It reminds me a bit of a Hercules head. Are the parts that slide against each other going to be polished aluminum?
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bigger knobs or knobs with a leverage bar or whatever it would be called..I'd want to crank that sucker down tight
love the look though
The barn door tripod heads of a hundred years ago were simple, inexpensive, rigid, and light. Back in the days of large cameras with slow film, they had to be good. Basic woodworking skills and hardware from the corner hardware store are about all one needs. Now we can make heads that are more convenient and certainly more elegant with perhaps a modest improvement in stability and a huge increase in cost.
I agree Jim but Giles is making this head to go with his BADASS 16x20 which is a water cut all metal rail camera of Giles creation and a wooden flip top head even the Professional model which is 12x12 inch and an awesome head w/ my 11x14 Rochester Optical Co Carlton & 11x14 Monitor but would look silly with his modern water cut metal rail camera.Just my opinion.
Last edited by Jac@stafford.net; 6-Oct-2018 at 12:45.
Linhof's answer to that concept: http://linhof.com/en/levelling-pan-tilt-head/
I have an older version of the large one with the single strut and "top hat" removable plate.
Works well with the cameras I have.
I do like the design effort and execution of the work that you are doing...
Len, there was never an older version of this head.
There were two heads one for a drop in 77mm top plate and the other for a 90mm one. These were tan colored and made for Kardan cameras. They would tilt forward but not 15° side to side.
But I do agree, it looks like a very nice head that he is making!
That Linhof design does look pretty amazing, particularly the leveling function. Might have to try something like that as well. Thanks fellas.
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