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camera tripod
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I was given this tripod by a friend that figured I could fix it. it is one of those really heavy ones like the news guy's get to pack around. Anyway it had one leg with a broken hinge and was missing the camera shoe (plate that goes on the camera that locks into the tripod)

So I got a friend with the ability to weld aluminum to weld the leg hinge back together.

weld is bright shiny spot.
[Image: tripod0001.jpg]

Then I made a new shoe. the screw that holds the camera on, I threaded it then cut the 1/4" of thread that are up against the head off so that once you screw it thru the plate it can't fall out and get lost.
[Image: camera-shoe-0001.jpg]

top side of the shoe, covered it with some 1/8" thick red rubber I had laying around.
[Image: camera-shoe-0002.jpg]

If I had enough stuff, I could anodize it.

In all I think I made out pretty good on the thing, got it for free and didn't have to pay anything to fix it.
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camera tripod - by dallen - 10-29-2013, 08:33 AM
RE: camera tripod - by TomG - 10-29-2013, 11:08 AM
RE: camera tripod - by PixMan - 10-30-2013, 06:29 PM
RE: camera tripod - by EdK - 10-30-2013, 06:38 PM
RE: camera tripod - by PixMan - 10-30-2013, 06:51 PM
RE: camera tripod - by TomG - 10-30-2013, 08:20 PM



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