Hi everyone
I wanted to make a plan to have better photos, and in time, videos for my tutorials, for my blog. There are many lower-cost options out there, and after a brief search on the interwebs, I found a great tutorial on how to make one using PVC pipe. My inspiration came from a blog called Kreative Kymona, and here is her original blog post https://kreativekymona.com/2015/08/18/my-overhead-table-top-tripod/. You will find the dimensions and instructions on how to make it over at her blog, but I changed the dimensions slightly both to match my work space, and also because I got the conversion of inches to centimetres wrong. HA HA HA!
First, I gathered all my supplies. I bought 2 by 2 metre lengths of thin PVC pipe, 2 T-joints, 3 elbow-joints, a bottle of PVC glue, and a 6mm bolt with washers.
After measuring my workspace, and following the original post measurements more or less, I ended up with a good-looking frame which my bunny, Yuki, seemed to like. She is such a sweetie and races over to see whatever we are doing when we go outside. I suspect she thought it was food time again, but was happy to inspect the tripod while I pieced it together to make sure it fitted before I applied the glue.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/particularcreations/32369956733/in/dateposted-public/
I stood the tripod against the wall to make sure the joints were all square, and then added the glue to the pieces. Here it is drying.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/particularcreations/33028550352/in/dateposted-public/
The final piece will go at the top and hold the camera clamp. I use my iPhone for photos, and I so will use a small phone mount (pictured below) to hold the phone onto the t-piece, but will only glue it on when the other pieces are completely dry.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/particularcreations/32369957453/in/dateposted-public/
Check in again tomorrow to see the finished tripod, as well as one or two test photos taken from my new toy. 🙂
Thanks for popping in.
XxX
A good job, simple and effective.