How to make your own hands steadicam

The stabilizer for the camera - an indispensable tool in the arsenal of any videographer. Layfhaker divided on how to do the simplest Steadicam using parts from the nearest store plumbing.

Necessary accessories:

• three plumbing pipe diameter of 20 mm (two short, one is longer);
• T-fitting with 20 mm diameter holes;
• one screw 1 / 4-20 × 1 ";
• two nuts 1 / 4-20;
• two stub pipes 20 mm in diameter;
• Flange 20 mm diameter;
• screws for wood to the flange;
• PVC pipe of 25 mm in diameter and about 15 cm in length;
• wide tape;
• black paint.

Unfortunately, staying at home to do steadicam will fail if you have, of course, not have its own carpentry workshop. You can ask for help from friends, working with hardware, or rent the necessary equipment.

Necessary equipment:

• Miter saw;
• band-saw;
• grinder.

Step one: the basis of the stabilizer

To start, you need to connect three pipes, screwing them into the fitting, as shown in the picture. The tube is disposed perpendicularly to the rest, close the cap, and then attach the flange to the base of the stabilizer.

Step Two: socket for tripod

Make a hole for a 20-mm screw cap in the remainder. Screw cap screw inwards, from the back side, attach two nuts. A lock screw, the other do not fasten she will need to fix the camera. Secure cap on the tube.

Step three: the stabilizer bracket

Cut a piece of PVC pipe length of 10-15 cm, and then do exactly in the middle longitudinal section through the bandsaw. Repeat the process to get the scraps. As a result, you will almost four curved plates, you need three of them. Obkatat PVC plate in a grinding machine, get rid of burrs and grind off angles as shown in the photographs.

Place the PVC trim on the canvas of the tape. Protruding edge of the cut adhesive tape on three sides, leave one to secure the holder on the stabilizer body.

Step Four: finishing touches

Give a more pleasing appearance to your product from the plumbing pipes. For these purposes, it is perfect black paint. Before spraying, be sure to remove the steadicam mount and tripod screw. Screw the flange to the wood bar: it is necessary to secure the load from the stabilizer base.

Step Five: Preparing for the shooting

The resulting stabilizer compensates the height difference in a horizontal plane, but when the camera upward or downward our steadycam powerless. It is therefore necessary to balance the weight of the load attaching to a wooden base. Suitable very ordinary building brick.

Our regulator is ready to shoot again - it remains only to mount the camera.