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How to make a complete studio platform

In general, there are ready-made photographic equipment that can be purchased from the market, but we are accustomed, on the pages of our magazine, to provide facilities to manufacture alternatives for it, or to manufacture the same equipment manually with the same quality and features as possible.
In this field, we present the method of making a studio platform for the camera.

Project: Establishing a stable and inexpensive studio platform for the camera from easy and available materials. It is a platform that provides adjustable support for all cameras, including large studio equipment and is of medium build, easy to assemble, and disassembles quickly for transport and storage.

Materials and equipment:
Black iron pipes with a diameter of 3/4 inch: 3 pieces with a length of 18 inches and one piece with a length of five feet.
A black iron pipe with a diameter of 1/2 inch and a length of 18 inches.
3/4 inch diameter pipe fittings: 3 of the cutting type - 90 degree bent joint, 3 pipe fittings and screws, 2 cutting type - 45 degree angle joint and cutting - one (T) connection with an additional side outlet, and a fixing coupling T on a pipe from 3/4 to 1/2 inch.
3 U-shaped sashes to be attached around a pipe with a diameter of 3/4 inch.
10, hexagonal nuts, to be fastened with U-shape screws.
Lightweight but strong chain at least 11 feet long.
2 small wire harnesses.
Pipe wrench.
Wrench - Ranch, small.
A tripod head or a joint with a swivel head that accepts difficult work and a steadfast camera clamp for general work.

Note about materials:
You can buy the aforementioned pipes and fittings from the hardware store and plumbers' tools, and forget about the latter because it is less expensive. Make sure that the pipe heads are “screwed” on both ends.
Here, we chose a five-foot column, although you may want to change this height to suit your specific needs. And when it comes to standing, we don't recommend a pole more than eight feet high.
And your camera will be fixed in place on the platform using an adjustable camera clamp with a moving head connection. The best is the Bogen No. forceps. 2900 Super Clamp with Boger Joint Head No. 3026 Double Action Ball used in the attached illustrations, but you can use most of what is available from these pieces if they are strong and steadfast.

Installation:
This unit was designed in pursuit of simplicity, and there is no need for workshop work. It is sufficient to collect the pipes with the aforementioned pieces as shown in the attached illustrations to complete the project.
Make sure to massage the spirals of the pipes and the nuts with Vaseline, then practice the tight connections with the pipes unscrew.
The (T) anchor slides up and down on the erected column, then it is fixed tightly in the desired location. As for the camera clip assembly, it is located on the arm (horizontal) as needed, and by adjusting the rotating joint, you have complete freedom to move the camera as you like, and you may want to connect a small wrench to the platform with a short chain to provide the maximum convenience when working with a T-link. ) in the studio.

- The finished studio platform for the camera, you notice here that even the camera of a very large and heavy structure is fixed tightly, and its location can be changed immediately to suit the studio work effectively, note the two additional reinforcing chains with the two wire tensioners that intersect them to increase the fixation of the top of the column with two legs.

Assembly step by step:
1 - Install the base of the platform as shown in this scene, which was taken for the base from the top, and start by installing the two cutting units - connect the upper two at an angle
45° threaded into a 3/4" side hole T joint. Then black iron pipes with a diameter of one inch and a length of 18 inches are screwed to form the legs. As for the vertical rod, the length of five feet, it will be installed in the remaining hole that we see in the top of the cut - the (T) connection with the side opening.

Step 2: Install Spiral Pieces - Connect the 90 degree angle at the end of each leg, then lock both pieces together - Attach these to a pipe sugar, just as with a traditional three-legged stand, the three legs allow this platform to stand steady on any flat - Now Add the five-foot vertical rod.

Step 3: Cut a T-bar around the firmly erected column, to sign its length according to the request. The port of this T-joint accommodates an inch diameter pipe the remaining 18 inches long as the horizontal arm, and keep a small adjustable wrench handy to move the link.

Step 4: For further ascent, connect the platform with two pieces of chains. Make a frame for the top of the column, and that is from a belt (U), fixing it tightly around the pipe first with a hexagonal nut on each side, then connect the chains with additional nuts.

Step 5: The lower ends of the reinforcing chains shall be fixed in a similar way with (U) sashes on two of the legs. Each of these two chains must be interspersed somewhere in its length with a wire tensioner so that this chain can become taut to provide the greatest degree of steadfastness and stability. But be careful lest you overtighten the pole and the platform arches.

Step 6: The swivel joint of the camera clamp fits snugly on the horizontal arm to allow complete freedom of movement of the camera.

note :
An inch = approximately 1/2 3 cm.
A foot = 12 inches.
The terms and names mentioned here are generally known to workers in the field of plumbing and plumbing, and their literal translations may not be clear, hence we may need pictures of them or an explanation of their tasks so that the seller of sanitary ware and the plumber can understand us when buying them from him⏹