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Okay I'll admit it, I've done a little dumpster diving in my life. Heck most of the furnishings in my college apartment came from selective shopping on the street. LOL My wife usually won't let me do it anymore, but I found a prize I couldn't pass up last fall. In the RV Park dumpster was a large telescope with stand, and a couple of aluminum tubing arms from an RV awning. There was some other good stuff, but the DW caught me on the second trip.
The telescope was trash (I saved the glass for something in the future, just don't know what yet), but the tripod was pretty sturdy. I have clear boxes loaded with all kinds of bits and pieces waiting for me to find a use for them.
Anyhow, I dug it out of the corner of the shop this morning, started putting pieces together and voila. For about the price of a cup of coffee, I now have a heavy duty combination light stand/boom. It adjusts up, down, tilts, rotates, and extends. The weight is not ideal, and I'll likely change it to attach horizontal to the end of the arm. Now if the wind will settle down so I can spray a coat of paint, I'll be done.
Side view -
2018-03-21_02-48-15 by William Raber, on Flickr
Arm clamp/support
2018-03-21_02-47-43 by William Raber, on Flickr
The telescope was trash (I saved the glass for something in the future, just don't know what yet), but the tripod was pretty sturdy. I have clear boxes loaded with all kinds of bits and pieces waiting for me to find a use for them.
Anyhow, I dug it out of the corner of the shop this morning, started putting pieces together and voila. For about the price of a cup of coffee, I now have a heavy duty combination light stand/boom. It adjusts up, down, tilts, rotates, and extends. The weight is not ideal, and I'll likely change it to attach horizontal to the end of the arm. Now if the wind will settle down so I can spray a coat of paint, I'll be done.
Side view -
2018-03-21_02-48-15 by William Raber, on Flickr
Arm clamp/support
2018-03-21_02-47-43 by William Raber, on Flickr