Built a wooden tripod?

Look at my projects, I have one made from cherry and padauk….

JC

-- Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. -Carl Sagan

Go to a good Art Supply Store and take a look at how Artist’s Easels are constructed. Many are very large and much heavier than a view camera and similar legs and joinery and hardware could be incorporated into your design. Just study the best made and heaviest to get some ideas about a portable tripod from that array of products. Supporting a heavy object of any kind while allowing for the most compact and durable legs and the most stable locking devices at all the joints may be very much similar.

Thanks Caver, Looks very nice!

Do you have any other pictures of the overall tripod and of the leg locking mechanisms?

-- APLJaK Woodworking, Okanagan Valley, BC

Carl

That’s a great idea. May have to plan a trip to the local art supply store.

-- APLJaK Woodworking, Okanagan Valley, BC

I’m glad that somebody actually got some use out of anything I contribute here. LOL This is the kind that I had in mind with brass wing nuts to lock its’ telescoping wooden legs and brass locking thumb knobs to lock the canvas down and clamp the canvas in place on the extendable canvas clamping board mechanism too.

http://www.pearlpaint.com/shop_details~ocID~~parentID~9500~categoryID~9498~sku~632222.htm

When you go to the art store don’t forget to take your little digital camera! ...and there are museums out there that have beautiful camera items on display.

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?id=63,383,0,0,1,0

http://forums.astronomydaily.com/viewtopic.php?t=4037

Astronomy sites have some good reference…..I also built the parallelogram mount…but thats another story :)

JC

-- Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. -Carl Sagan

hi,
it is better to contact the locksmith services for the latest padlocks and locks,for a lowest price and trendy.

Have a look at Matthias Wandel’s :

http://woodgears.ca/tripod/

-- Sylvain, Brussels, Belgium, Europe - The more I learn, the more there is to learn

http://lumberjocks.com/PopsHuckster/blog/13150

This one looks aesthetically pleasing.