What did you make today?

[gvidas]

I made this 10' monopod and a silly rocketship base for it today. SOmehow, in a box labeled "weird hardware" in the studio, we had a thrust bearing that perfectly fits onto 3/4" conduit, as well as a few shaft collars that don't fit so perfectly but definitely work. So the top camera mount is adjustable, and it pivots really smoothly on an adjustable point. In fact, for serious height, the thrust bearing will socket nicely into the drill-holder hole on the top of my 10' A-frame ladder. So it's functionally a 10-18'-above-grade camera platform.

Next step is to turn a 9' bicycle brake cable into a remote for the camera, so I have more than 10 seconds to compose a shot.