200HP Dolly ;-)

Mike Teutsch · July 4th, 2006, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill Hamell

When I drilled the holes for the M4 screws I centered them around one of the cheese plate holes, so I could do this very thing.
Great minds you know!

Bill

Bill,

That's good, as the actual contact area or engagement area of these screws is very small indeed, maybe .005 to .008. Not really meant to hold much of a load.

Mike

Bill Hamell · July 4th, 2006, 08:49 AM

Hey, I can post images and I do belong to AARP! (Yet!) :-)

So here's one more.

It is finilly mounted directly to the cheese plate...
Also you will see the Footman Loops for the saftey straps.

Think it will go anywhere? :-)

Bill

Mike Teutsch · July 9th, 2006, 03:41 PM

Bill,

One last note I have been forgetting to add, but please put a filter on the lens! Got to keep those nasty bugs off.

Mike

Bill Hamell · July 9th, 2006, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Teutsch

Bill,

One last note I have been forgetting to add, but please put a filter on the lens! Got to keep those nasty bugs off.

Mike

There is ALWAYS a filter on all my lenses.
The only exception (I do not think this will apply to the XL2) is when doing macro work sometimes the focus distance is closer than the filter will allow.

Good thinking though. :-)
Bill

Ainslie Davies · July 9th, 2006, 10:41 PM

Wow, that rig is intense! I got away with using just one vacuum cup for my FX1. I had a the cup on the bonnet (hood (dang Americans:) and a small tripod directly over it, with tort bungie cords wrapped all around the tripod and the suction/vacuum cup. Thinking back, that was kind of crazy with no safety leaches or anything but that's what I do! Good work.

Roger Moore · April 17th, 2007, 02:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill Hamell

They are M4 .70 screws for anyone else that will try this with the XL2.
I used ones that were 16mm in lenth with a 3/8" thick cheese plate.

Bill

That's exactly the info I wanted. I too tried the 6/32 bolt but it looked suspect because there was lots of play until it hit bottom. I also thought metric was what I needed. Thanks for popping back in here to fill in the details.

Now I'm off to look for thumbscrews of that size.

Roger Moore · April 21st, 2007, 02:21 AM

My M4 x .7 thumbscrews arrived today, ordered from here:

http://www.jwwinco.com/products/sect...464/index.html

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Ainslie Davies Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 117	Wow, that rig is intense! I got away with using just one vacuum cup for my FX1. I had a the cup on the bonnet (hood (dang Americans:) and a small tripod directly over it, with tort bungie cords wrapped all around the tripod and the suction/vacuum cup. Thinking back, that was kind of crazy with no safety leaches or anything but that's what I do! Good work. __________________ Ainslie Davies - www.dualityproductions.com

April 21st, 2007, 02:21 AM	#22
Roger Moore Regular Crew Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: toronto Posts: 99	My M4 x .7 thumbscrews arrived today, ordered from here: http://www.jwwinco.com/products/sect...464/index.html