How To Make DIY camera tripod

DIY camera tripod

How to make a DIY camera tripod. Following the video I made on my DIY GoPro Camera Crane, a few people asked for a tutorial on how to make the quadpod, so here it is.

This is an incredibly sturdy, easy to make, fairly cheap design, that can take a lot of abuse. I can stand on it easily and I'm about 11.5 stone, plus the extra 0.5 stone I don't want to admit. It's also lightweight, weighing less than the professional tripod I originally bought before I made this. It does take a tiny bit longer setting up though, but you can't have everything.

Following the original quadpod (4 legs) version I also in this video, show you how to make two different parts, the top and cross brace, so that you can transform this into a tripod version. It's not quite as sturdy as the quadpod, but is still incredibly strong and should be quicker to make and set up and slightly cheaper.

If you want to make this you will need the following:
8 meters of pine strip, 35mm x 15mm
1 - 15cm square piece of plywood
16 - M8 or M6 bolts with wing nuts and washers.
Screws and glue and some masking tape.

It will also help if you have a pillar drill, mine was really cheap to buy, but if you only have a hand drill, its not a deal breaker at all.

If you want to see the tutorial on my GoPro Camera Crane, go here: http://youtu.be/Z55Wh4oeZSI

If you like my DIY Camera Tripod video, don't forget to give it the thumbs up and if you want to see tutorials on anything else, let me know. PT