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I hate tripods.

The design is based on a balanced arm lamp I have in my office. This prototype is at a point where I'm going to use it for a while before making adjustments to the model, but it's doing great for a proof of concept.

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[–] thecitywelivein@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For the upper arm, will it eventually use all four springs or do you alternate the pair based on the direction you want it to lean?

[–] DrumbeatF@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know this is way later and doesn't really matter, but I really liked your idea and thought about it for a while.

I ended up coming up with this spring "quick caps" for quickly moving, rearranging, or de-tensioning them for maintenance and it has really improved how the whole boom operates.

Anyway, thanks for the idea!

[–] thecitywelivein@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Those quick releases look great. Simple solutions are sometimes the hardest thing to come up with.

[–] DrumbeatF@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Originally I was using all four, but after working with it a bit and changing the springs orientations I found it worked well with just the one set. I've left the other two in case I change my mind :)

Now you've got me thinking of some sort of quick release system for switching these in case I do want the lean direction to change..... That would be super useful.