Film Geek: Bicycle wheel fig-rig

[TheLegoDudeStudios]

1:25 watch it in action

[mistafolix]

бестолковое изобретение

[arfurlife]

awsome tip dude. Its cheap as chips and must add much more stabilty for almost nothing. Well done and thanks.

[PhobiaGuy]

Do your arms get tired (tyred? geddit? aw cmon give me a break!) lol

[CooperCarr87]

Use a kids bike tire much easier to handle and use.

[ishowyouapple]

just make one out of pvc pipe ... it looks better and works better

[freezazoid]

Hmmm interesting idea.... maybe putting some sort of rubberband at 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock and then hold onto the rubber bands would make it even more like a real steadicam

[GrifoMTL]

on what do you screw your camera so it doesnt fall of the rig?

[GrifoMTL]

lol 1:48 oops we don't want to see that mess

[TheLegoDudeStudios]

Very nice and steady at 1:26

[LinkShack]

Still very shaky, and it would be

[OhFerr]

@miketacoma5 it's common sense. Doesnt shake as much, more stable, better angles. yada yda

[BoyleTonight]

I actually made one almost just like it! What I did was that I screwed a wooden rod inside the wheel, across and taped it all up with black duct tape. I have a camera mount that can be fastened on rods and pipes, so I just attach that to the rod inside the wheel!

[Legokink1]

WHY YOU NO SPRAY PAINT?

[b16ryder]

whatta mess



[ClankyRochet]

Remember dont forget to switch to manual focus!! How the hell would manual focus possible on this rig???

[ChanceDogUSA]

what about cleaning your home lol

[shadowblack1987]

Clean your place?....

[y0r00t]

Can you do a wheelie with it?? =)

[jstuartlittle]

Cheap..Fast.. Cant beat it!

[humenbean]

Doesn't seem more stable at all with that video example. It is too large for many applications as well. Don't mean to sound bad but this is a good attempt, but falls very short of the purpose of what a steady cam does.

Not to mention the most unstable way of holding a camera is by having your hands reach out from your body. Joe McNally has a really nice piece on camera stability and the limitations of your arms going outside of your body.

[AKADOULA]

very big, sorry

[chaquator]

I would roll it to make a weird effect somehow.

[drifter503]

Pretty cool, man. Thanks for posting...

[jorgepineyrua]

¡ Bravo !

[DeliciousCassiopeia]

Excellent! I will try this Thank yoou!

[davidtejones]

have you tried shooting while the wheel goes downhill. that would be awesome! camera rolling, action!

[aviatormxpilot]

Just use the a tripod with it's legs in the closed postion. (meaning like a mono pod), than grip it slightly above the center of balance. this set will give you better results than this wanna be, way too light, and way to large in diameter fig-a-ma-jig.

[kinkaid25]

hey, that's wheelie good

[bestamerica]

try little wheel,,,

not too big wheel

[genraz]

looks like a scam

[rchadha5]

I love your DIY rigs, ingenious. Keep it up.

[SAXOPATA]

what a mess hippie

[bestamerica]

wow that is coool wheel steadycam

[tomcatfranks]

It lies somewhere between "so simple", and "why didn't I think of that?"  5 STARS!!

[MrPerdition]

A for effort but its too f^#%ing wide for practical use. It'll shake too much.

[santimuya]

great job!

that's really good material.. since I saw the manfrotto fig rig.. i was wondering and thinking of the more suitable way to do a hand-made/poor-guy version copy of it...

YOU HIT the nail man! (great work!)

:)

[cunninglinguistdan]

I like your video. It is something that I MIGHT even be able to do.

Can you PLEASE tell me WHAT SOFTWARE you used to get this high of quality on Youtube. NOTHING that I have EVER posted was anywhere near the quality of your video. I use Windows Movie Maker so that might be it. I'm running a MS Vista Ultimate PC with 4 gig of ram.

THANK YOU AGAIN for making a great video, AND for your TIME...

C.L.

[fuawe]

What if you'd put something like a "bar of weight" at the bottom of the steel rim? Wouldn't that make it a little bit more steady?

[TheLangfords]

Hey, why not post this video on the Instructables site?

You could include is as a comment on the project you mention in the text, or even write up your own Instructable. Registration is free, and I *know* the site owners like getting this sort of input.

[geogenerated]

Dude sell this thing!! Not bad. I'll look for your website for this ready made baby, iight!

Good lucky~

[miketacoma5]

How's that different or better than just holding the cam normally?

[cinepegger]

More stable, more ergonomic.

[NilsKills]

@miketacoma5 Your body's movements and shocks are translated into a fluid movement through the fig rig.

[jshum02]

I should have used it last week

[cinepegger]

The smaller wheel would probably make it more convenient. It would be closer in size to the actual brand-name Manfrotto fig-rig, so I expect it's fine.

[minimota]

What a wonder that the bycikle in the video still has 2 wheels... good job, i gonna build one too

[esotericsean]

Great job, man :)

[cinepegger]

You can't adjust the position of the camera up-and-down. You need to build it to fit the camera you will use it with, and if you use it with a different-sized camera, it will no longer be centred.

The board also compresses a little bit when I tighten the spokes, so the camera is a couple centimetres lower than I would have liked. So keep that in mind when you first measure.

If I make another, I might try to build an "H" shaped frame, to see if that's more sturdy.

[pablopaul]

your vids are good tutotials, but you need put MORE LIGHTINGS on your rooms, is very darkness...