10Apr Building your own Camera gear.
There have been quit a few times that I’ve been searching for some kind of connector or adapter that would finish out a rig I use, but no one makes the part I have in mind. So I end up finding something that works but isn’t really what I wanted.
This happens enough that I’ve decided to buy a Makerbot. Basically it’s a small robot that prints out CAD designs in ABS plastic. A good friend of mine has the micRo-CNC mill and we’ve used it for a number of great projects. The Makerbot uses the same CAD software so I shouldn’t have to many problems getting my design idea’s out in CAD.
At $1200 I don’t know if I’ll see payback on this, but I can think of a lot of things that I could build that would really be handy for filming. It looks like I’ll be waiting for about 4 weeks for mine to ship, so this could take awhile. I’ll keep you posted on my progress.
April 11th, 2011 at 11:51 am
I really would like to buy one of these as well. I design ornamental railings and staircases for a living in CAD, but always design little parts I need here and there. I usually get them water-jetted out of aluminum, but this would be such a time saver, and likely save me money in the long run. Especially when my designs don’t quite work out, lol.
April 11th, 2011 at 9:29 pm
If you’re handy with tools, you might want to take a look at the Reprap mendel. It’s cheaper and has a larger work platform. The trade off is that the design isn’t as clean and takes a little more work to build.
April 12th, 2011 at 7:33 pm
That’s really cool! I was wondering if you could use any other sort of material in it besides ABS. After reading through, I guess not, but I could sure make a pattern to cut something else. Thanks!
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