Re: Re: Full-Vue and tripod socket

From: Cornlover <fontpro_at_domain.name.suppressed>
Date: Sun 25 Nov 2001 - 16:10:44 PST

>I took a 2" x 2" piece of 3/8" pine I had lying around, drilled a
>3/8" hole through it, pressed in a 1/4-20 T-Nut into the hole and
>epoxied the whole thing to the bottom of the Full-View. The
>advantage of doing it this way is you end up with a nice flat base
>for your tripod head to mount up against.
>
>-t

Even easier is to buy a 1/4" thick piece of finished oak at Home Depot.
Comes in many lengths and widths. Small sizes and pre-sanded all sides.
Pretty cheap. It is a hard wood and will hold up well. Drill the hole and
hamer in the T-nut.

I've built many pinhole cameras with this technique.
Received on Sun Nov 25 16:09:50 2001

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