Comments on: Build a Projector Mount that will Go Anywhere http://vjkungfu.com/archive/build-projector-mount/ A Motion Magazine for DIY Video Artists Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:42:43 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: stuckfootage http://vjkungfu.com/archive/build-projector-mount/comment-page-1/#comment-162 stuckfootage Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:26:19 +0000 http://vjkungfu.com/?p=4#comment-162 Actually the pipe is 5/8". I bought aluminium tubing at a hardware store, then cut it to be about 18" long. Actually the pipe is 5/8".
I bought aluminium tubing at a hardware store,
then cut it to be about 18" long.

]]> By: stuckfootage http://vjkungfu.com/archive/build-projector-mount/comment-page-1/#comment-161 stuckfootage Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:20:51 +0000 http://vjkungfu.com/?p=4#comment-161 You can get everything at B&H or any local grip store. Clamp: <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/161531-REG/Matthews_420101_Matthellini_Clamp_3_.html" target="_blank">http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/161531-REG/...</a> Swivel: <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/3616-REG/Avenger_F830_Baby_to_Junior_Swivel.html" target="_blank">http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/3616-REG/Av...</a> Grip head: <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/3581-REG/Avenger_D200_D200_Grip_Head_.html" target="_blank">http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/3581-REG/Av...</a> You can get everything at B&H or any local grip store.

Clamp:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/161531-REG/...

Swivel:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/3616-REG/Av...

Grip head:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/3581-REG/Av...

]]> By: stuckfootage http://vjkungfu.com/archive/build-projector-mount/comment-page-1/#comment-160 stuckfootage Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:17:49 +0000 http://vjkungfu.com/?p=4#comment-160 Sorry, I can't post a picture with this forum system. However, I'll try to describe it more carefully. Say you've got your Cardellini clamp attached to a vertical pole and your baby plate attached to the projector (just like in VJKungFu's video). Then attach a grip head to the clamp (also like VJ KungFu) and attach another grip head to the baby plate. So now you just need a piece of 3/8" pipe to go between the grip heads. In other words, you are replacing the swivel pin with a second grip head and the pipe. One problem with this system is that you have limited angular adjustment. I set the grip heads so the the pipe is sideways, That way you can adjust the roll of the projector to make the image horizontal, but then you need to use a projector with lens shift to adjust height (pitch). Pan (yaw) is easily adjustable by rotating the baby plate stud in the grip head. <a href="http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/GAL109/NEWHTF/HTF541B.HTM" target="_blank">http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/GAL109/NEWHTF/...</a> Adding the swivel pin makes my solution work with projectors that don't have lens shift. In that case, you would have: Clamp - to hold onto the support Grip Head - connecting clamp to pipe Pipe - for offset Grip Head - to hold pipe to swivel pin Swivel Pin - to adjust pitch, roll, and yaw of the projector Baby plate - to attach swivel pin to projector I hope that helps! By the way, I use a longer-than-usual safety cable, run between the projector and the plate to some anchor point. Sorry, I can't post a picture with this forum system. However, I'll try to describe it more carefully.

Say you've got your Cardellini clamp attached to a vertical pole
and your baby plate attached to the projector (just like in VJKungFu's video).
Then attach a grip head to the clamp (also like VJ KungFu)
and attach another grip head to the baby plate.
So now you just need a piece of 3/8" pipe to go between the grip heads.

In other words, you are replacing the swivel pin with a second grip head and the pipe.

One problem with this system is that you have limited angular adjustment.
I set the grip heads so the the pipe is sideways, That way you can adjust
the roll of the projector to make the image horizontal, but then you need
to use a projector with lens shift to adjust height (pitch).
Pan (yaw) is easily adjustable by rotating the baby plate stud in the grip head.
http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/GAL109/NEWHTF/...

Adding the swivel pin makes my solution work with projectors that
don't have lens shift. In that case, you would have:
Clamp – to hold onto the support
Grip Head – connecting clamp to pipe
Pipe – for offset
Grip Head – to hold pipe to swivel pin
Swivel Pin – to adjust pitch, roll, and yaw of the projector
Baby plate – to attach swivel pin to projector

I hope that helps!

By the way, I use a longer-than-usual safety cable, run between the projector
and the plate to some anchor point.

]]> By: mrawhimskell http://vjkungfu.com/archive/build-projector-mount/comment-page-1/#comment-158 mrawhimskell Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:22:20 +0000 http://vjkungfu.com/?p=4#comment-158 Hey, could you help us with a picture. i'd like to offset mine from a vertical support too. thanks Hey, could you help us with a picture. i'd like to offset mine from a vertical support too. thanks

]]> By: rholladay http://vjkungfu.com/archive/build-projector-mount/comment-page-1/#comment-149 rholladay Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:37:03 +0000 http://vjkungfu.com/?p=4#comment-149 Does anyone know where to buy one of these? Does anyone know where to buy one of these?

]]> By: stuckfootage http://vjkungfu.com/archive/build-projector-mount/comment-page-1/#comment-130 stuckfootage Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:10:23 +0000 http://vjkungfu.com/?p=4#comment-130 Thanks for the info! I did a somewhat different version. Instead of using a swivel pin, I just bought a second grip head and an 18" piece of aluminum pipe. So one grip head is on the clamp, one on the projector plate, and the pipe is in between. I works quite well, and lets the projector be set off to the side of a vertical support. Les Thanks for the info! I did a somewhat different version.
Instead of using a swivel pin, I just bought a second grip head
and an 18″ piece of aluminum pipe. So one grip head is on the clamp,
one on the projector plate, and the pipe is in between.

I works quite well, and lets the projector be set off to the side of
a vertical support.

Les

]]> By: alphabomb http://vjkungfu.com/archive/build-projector-mount/comment-page-1/#comment-127 alphabomb Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:37:54 +0000 http://vjkungfu.com/?p=4#comment-127 There's no product called the "Avenger F830 Baby to Junior Swivel Pin" The F830 is baby size (on both the socket and the pin) The F830TH is baby (socket) to junior (pin). VJs building this exact mount will want to purchase the "Avenger F830" (not the F830RH or F830TH). The B&H link to F830 in the article is correct, but the description should not include "junior". Happy mounting! Thanks Momo & Exavior! There’s no product called the “Avenger F830 Baby to Junior Swivel Pin”

The F830 is baby size (on both the socket and the pin)

The F830TH is baby (socket) to junior (pin).

VJs building this exact mount will want to purchase the “Avenger F830″ (not the F830RH or F830TH). The B&H link to F830 in the article is correct, but the description should not include “junior”.

Happy mounting! Thanks Momo & Exavior!

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