Camera Boom Arm & Gantry Build
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- Опубликовано: 12 июл 2024
- Tripods are SO last year! Upgrade to an overhead Camera Boom Arm & Gantry for improved video production from ideal camera angles not possible using a tripod.
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Chapter List
0:00 Introduction
22:22 Boom design/layout
34:57 Layout arm section pattern
39:09 Fabricate arm section pattern
44:43 Fabricate arm section
50:28 Infomercial
52:33 Fabricate Twuberfour boards
1:01:46 Initial arm assembly overview
1:03:00 Fabricate mesquite handle
1:07:20 Engrave logo on arm
1:08:00 Spray lacquer finish
1:12:39 Fabricate gantry track
1:16:58 Weld & grind gantry track
1:19:50 Spraypaint gantry track
1:20:29 Fabricate dolly plate
1:22:24 Assemble pivot block
1:24:46 Fabricate torsion bar
1:25:47 Assemble upper arm section
1:26:45 Install gantry track on ceiling
1:29:41 Assemble dolly and pivot block
1:32:46 Install dolly assembly on track
1:34:54 Assemble boom arm sections
1:40:29 Show completed arm
1:41:29 Outtro
1:41:58 End of the End 
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I’m never going to build one of these Matt. But I don’t care because with your channel there’s always a nonzero chance I’ll use something else you taught me. You remain the best in woodworking videos as well as the best person on RUclips. And you don’t realize you are so I’m hoping you never do.
Love and blessings to you and yours,
Jim
Thanks Jim... your comment just made my day!
Best,
Matt
PS I'm going to join a self-actualization zen seminar group that I hope will help me realize who I are... NOT! 🤣🤣
I can't believe I actually sat through the entire hour and 45 minutes
Me neither... but thanks! LOL
The hang time
Funny as hell my guy
This would make a good base for an over-arm blade guard / dust collection for a table saw
Thanks for watching and commenting on this video Stephen. The concept certainly has potential for other applications but for full disclosure I should say that, at the length built in the video, it's great for a light weight camera but would need some thoughtful engineering to support anything like a blade guard that needs to be more fixed/rigid IMHO.
Best,
Matt.
Wow! Again, wow!
It is still interesting to watch this for the second time. Thanks for the video! 👍👍
For sure... I didn't figure this video would be popular for the masses but wanted to show the whole process 'for the record' and for those, like you, who might find it interesting 😎
Next level work. Thanks.
Wow. Nice.
At the start of the video I thought that I would never need this.
Though now we are at the end of the end I just realised I can (and will ) use this for hanging power leads and an air compressor hose.
Great video as always, thank you
A really interesting project chock full of great tips and tricks. I wish I had 10' ceilings!
That's a superb work.
Great idea having 2nd arm handy.
Amazing! Thank you for this video
As always, amazing craftsmanship and engineering.
great tips!
EPIC!!!! The welding slip fixtures were a great way to tackle a tough problem. I also like your approach to hauling 24' steel!!! I have used that approach for 20+ years now!
Thanks Man! Do guys at your steel yard look at you like you're bananas too or do they know you well enough by now to see that unorthodox steel hauling method as legit?
@@NextLevelCarpentry No doubt, I've gotten my fair share of weird looks. I usually put my ratchet straps on the ground and have them drop the steel on top of them. Just that request will put guys into a tail spin!
@@GregsGarageLOL!!
wow
impressive work
Great content. Learned some new techniques watching your content.
More than likely will never build that, but definitely will use your techniques used in this video for other projects - inspired from what you did here. BTW your camera arm looks great!
Great craftsmanship.
I'd love to see a tour of your shop and explanation of what is what. Like, what's with the bucket on the ceiling at 1:33:00 ?
Grind and paint makes me the welder I aint.
Don't I know it! 🤣
You could attach another camera on the first arm (the one attached to the ceiling connection) elbow where meets the second arml ooking down or sideways depends on the set up your work working on.
Matt, great work, all through. Now you just need to
figure how to add RC servo motors and an RC remote.
Good luck. 😁✌🖖
P.S.: Love the 2 rail gantry, to keep the arm from sagging
when reaching out perpendicular to the rails. 👍👍👍
Id like to start my own RUclips workshop videos and this is very similar to what I want to do, so thank you for adding to the overhead camera boom zeitgeist lol. When I get around to making one I'd like to add lighting to it, kind of like those big light boom arms you see in hospitals for surgery.
Equipment for surgery stuff is fascinating for sure. I too wonder if scaling down and adapting their articulating arm designs might be a great 'new direction' for the overhead arm zeitgeist? Please post if you develop something? Best,
Matt
Best of luck and success if you pursue a RUclips workshop path...
Another great teaching exercise! Thanks Matt. The only thing missing was the TEOTEOTE segment.
Saying goodbye to Froto Man was a little TEOTE segment but it was admittedly weak... I just wanted to get this video published and didn't have any real creative inspiration in the moment...
Completely understandable, some of us rarely get creatively inspired at the best of times.
Hi Matt, Wow!!!! Love all the new camera shots. Your use of templates has changed how I approach my small projects. One commenter from the previous video suggested using an articulated arm for holding a vacuum hose. Thoughts? Bob
Thx Bob. I imagine you could adapt a similar arm for a vacuum hose but it's probably not all that practical for the amount of work involved. I'm imagining a setup for more utilitarian use that's stronger and less complex because it seems less 'dexterity' would be needed for a hose vs a camera? Thanks for watching and commenting regardless, Bob!
The excessive hose length needed for that would reduce
the desired air flow and vacuum power, at the business end.
When setting up a vacuum system, you always want to use
as little flex hose as is possible, because it decreases the system efficiency. 😁✌🖖
Superbe planning and execution as always. Nice job. What happend to your hair during spray lacquer ? (joke) Marc From Belgium until the end of the end of the end
thanks Matt. Although I'll never have a need to build a boom arm, there's still a lot to learn from this video as there always are from your videos. By the way, nice pike position hold! Did you used to be a gymnast?
You're sure welcome, Rick. This was such a fun build because of all the stuff that is adapted to and from other projects opens up a lot of possibilities for applying them. FWIW That "pike position" pose is just one of a collection of similar 'jobsite gymnastics' learned to just get the job done in the days when manpower was more plentiful than specialized tools/equipment. Funny how such moves are still second nature decades later, especially when I have GROAT rollerstand sitting unused nearby. 🤯
So... I'm not even three minutes in, but I have a feeling that your shoulders have been stood on, too.
Matt, wonder if a lighting system attached with the camera would work . Just thinking😅
Thanks for watching and commenting on this one Joeseph. I've heard there's small/lightweight LED lights that could mount on the 'cold shoe' on the Ulanzi Claw camera mount and, someday, I'll probably need one enough to shop for one and put it to use on some specialty shots.
Thanks for the insight! I'm a woodworker as well considering getting a welder in the shop. Are there any special safety precautions you take? Just a little worried about burning things down....
General common sense and decent cleanliness are sufficient to avoid issues. I generally give the shop a once-over before generating sparks from welding and/or grinding. Flammable liquids are stowed in metal cabinets, rags and towels are removed from the area a any heavy sawdust is swept/blown out to prevent potential conflagration. One thing that's not obvious is damage done to glass when hit with weld spatter or grinding sparks so I try to be mindful of that to minimize damage. Something I'm mindful of is the danger of piles of sawdust or chips building up under tools or cabinets that could smolder and ignite if weld spatter bounced unseen into a pile under something.
THANK YOU! I very much appreciate how thorough and thoughtful your work and videos are. Not often do I watch hour long videos all the way through but I always watch yours! @@NextLevelCarpentry
Matt, would adding the metal torsion bars to the second and third arms help to reduce the twist?
More torsional rigidity would definitely help but it gets more complicated because of odd and even layers of each arm segment. At one point I mentioned if I started over I might go with a different design and my thought there was to use tubes instead of laminations for the arms. Round tube for each arm section would provide both strength and rigidity although I don't think it would look as cool but might be better from a form versus function viewpoint.
Good observation though so thank you for watching and commenting
Next Level Cameray? Am i right?
I can't help but notice that nearly all the shots taken with the boom arm are quite wobbly 😢 Nonetheless, I enjoyed watching the build process!
Now only if you coukd motorize it. Lol.
What? No remote-controlled servos at the joints? How 20th century. 😂