Building a Cable cam for under $100

[@dag221]

Glad I found this channel. I love video making, mountain bikes, making stuff and Levi Allen. Good job !

[@ScottBell]

Cheers thanks for stopping by!

[@teamvalomedia]

DUDE! I love this DIY stuff so much. I'm a videographer with a prototype engineering background so this is right up my alley. Definitely going to try to make this with some tweaks. I'll let you know how it goes

[@ScottBell]

Sweet! Would be keen to see what you come up with. I have a final addition I still want to make to this prototype, hit me up on IG if you want to chat ideas.

[@自然攝影師雷雨]

Great idea

[@ScottBell]

Cheers, thanks for watching!

[@darkknightwithanidea1845]

Just brilliant. Love the fact that you worked it out & made your own. Necessity is the mother of all invention.

[@ScottBell]

Sometimes you just gotta create it when you can't afford to buy it!

[@LightningPr0ducti0ns]

Glad I found this, never thought of adding a cloud mount to get rid of all the bumps from a DIY setup

[@ScottBell]

Cheers Michael, glad you got some ideas from the video. The setup is pretty dialed now, love the rig.

[@malonecruz4066]

@@ScottBell yes but where can we buy it, is there a reference

[@ScottBell]

What part are you looking to buy?

[@malonecruz4066]

@@ScottBell black cable ;-)

[@ScottBell]

@@malonecruz4066 I found mine locally, it's a braided steel cable coated in plastic.

[@danielle.codereroute]

I love this! You're so creative.

[@ScottBell]

Thanks Danielle, appreciate you watching! :)

[@joeblack7660]

Good description and demonstration. Thanks. The rig I built , for a much lighter set up like GoPro, clothesline plastic pulleys work

[@ScottBell]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Good luck with your rig!

[@Callum_Ramsey]

Awesome! Loved the edit you produced too! Thanks for sharing!

[@ScottBell]

Thanks Callum! BTS of the edit coming Monday!

[@Callum_Ramsey]

@@ScottBell That’s awesome man! I will definitely check that out! Enjoy your weekend! 👊🏼

[@StirlingProductionss]

If u still need a better pulley you should get a sailboat block they’re buttery smooth

[@ScottBell]

Thanks for the thoughts. I had a friend 3d print some wheels with bearings in them that seem to be a bit smoother.

[@camillahyllebergphotography]

Looking forward with your filming of Mark.

[@ScottBell]

Thanks for watching, I'm stoked for the next test run!

[@JoelHenleyMusic]

Very cool! Can't wait to see more footage!

[@ScottBell]

Thanks for watching Joel. Looking forward to the next test.

[@EugeneMaynard]

Excellent project Scott!👏🏾🙏🏾

[@ScottBell]

Cheers, thanks for watching Eugene

[@rmspunk]

incredible dude!

[@ScottBell]

Thanks man!

[@Staystrongbrotherx]

Great Vlog, Scott!

[@ScottBell]

Thank you, appreciate you taking the time to watch.

[@fabbike1805]

good work

[@ScottBell]

Thanks for watching!

[@solomtb]

This is great, i am going to build this sometime soon, thanks a lot!

[@ScottBell]

Thanks for watching Fedor, good luck with the build!

[@marcustrimble2695]

That’s super cool

[@ScottBell]

Thanks for watching Marcus!

[@ConnerJohn]

Super smart and informative. Thanks!

[@ScottBell]

Thanks Conner, glad you found it interesting! Going for the full test run tomorrow - stoked!

[@ConnerJohn]

@@ScottBell Excited to see the shots! Im actually working on a mountain bike ad and might have to give this a shot!!

[@ScottBell]

Dope, who's it for?

[@ConnerJohn]

@@ScottBell Revel bikes! Its a free video since I want to build my skills. My buddy has one of the Pink Rails from the Love Your Brain giveaway they did so we are shooting that

[@ItsChrisAngeles]

That’s awesome! What type of cables are those black ones exactly? Thanks!

[@ScottBell]

Thanks for watching. They are ~1/4 inch braided steel cables coated in some kind of plastic resin. I went with the coated to avoid any fraying of the cable that might poke me but any heavy duty cable would probably work.

[@ItsChrisAngeles]

@@ScottBell Thanks man. your films are very inspiring specially “The Deep” i think was. I’m a filmmaker/mtb rider as well and I have the same camera, the C70. Big fan of your work! Thanks again

[@ScottBell]

@@ItsChrisAngeles Glad to hear my work gets you stoked and inspires you on your own projects. The C70 is feeling like a nice upgrade from the GH5, can't wait to fully master the camera.

[@jonathan112]

Would love to see a motorized version of it!😉

[@ScottBell]

Yeah it would be pretty sweet but might be a bit complicated for now. I'm glad to have a remote gimbal and wireless monitor setup on this rig now!

[@jonathan112]

Can you maybe give me a link to this rope? This would be amazing! Greetings Jonathan

[@ScottBell]

Hey, thanks for watching. I bought it from my local rope store. It's 1/4", made out of some type of poly.

[@jonathan112]

@@ScottBell Oh, yes🤦🏻😂you said that you bought it in a local store, nevertheless thanks for answering ✌🏼

[@krutskyerik]

hey sweet job man! do you think the aircraft cables need to be coated?

[@ScottBell]

Thanks for watching. I don't think you need to have coated cable I just thought it would protect the metal a bit more from fraying. It might add a bit of rigidity to the cable as well but not much.

[@jansiebert9460]

Have you already tried it without the gimbal? Is the footage ok without?

[@ScottBell]

Hey Jan, thanks for watching. I did some very early tests without a gimbal and there was too much vibration for my likely but it's definitely worth a try.

[@marcduffy9916]

This is brilliant can't wait to make one and use on our rides.. Did you try a smoother rope to lower vibrations?

[@ScottBell]

Hey, thanks for watching. I haven't tried smoother rope - it's really expensive to get smooth rope with no stretch. That said, between a gimbal and the vibration isolation plate, the vibration is super minimal. Biggest lesson I've learned after 10-15 cables set with this system is to have a good braking system. I damaged my Ronin S a few months ago due to too steep of an angle, causing a lot speed and not a slow enough stop. I have a bunch of other videos about the cable rig if you haven't checked them out yet. Good luck!

[@porkfloatdietrides8758]

Nice video bro! Made a cable cam myself too! im just curious on the rope? Whats the diameter of that rope you used?

[@ScottBell]

Cheers, thanks for watching. My rope is 1/4 inch.

[@porkfloatdietrides8758]

@@ScottBell thanks bro! This will help a lot! Please do a lot of DIYs!

[@malonecruz4066]

you used what for the little black cable

[@ScottBell]

If you mean the six black cables, they are for the isolation plate that reduce vibration in the footage.

[@maml6479]

Awesome!

[@ScottBell]

Gonna be fun to play with!

[@maml6479]

@@ScottBell I guess you could remotely control your gimbal as well and get some neat tracking shots!!

[@ScottBell]

@@maml6479 yeah, that's the plan! I have to sort out a wireless monitor and get a ps4 controller. Not sure what the range is for the remote yet.

[@maml6479]

@@ScottBell ahh yes, wireless monitor. Forgot about that part. Looking forward to seeing some more of this footage!

[@pgtips4240]

It looks to me as though micri jitters will be due to low quality wheels, they sound terrible. There must be smoother wheels you can get a hold of surely?

[@ScottBell]

I've resolved the issues with the rig and have used it on a few projects now. Wheels are fine. At this point I need to buy a proper rig for the types of shots I do.

[@pomanprod]

One thing you need to factor in is the cost of the rope. You cannot use good old nylon rope or polyester rope for cable cam because they sag. For example between two poles 330 feet apart and each end at 12 feet, at the middle the rope sag down to 6 feet. You have to use Amsteel or Dyneema rope which is 3x of comparable size steel cable and they sag even less than steel. But they cost $2.00 per foot. So to record a 100m or 330 feet that's $680.00. But they drop only 18" with a four pound wiral lite set up.

[@ScottBell]

Dyneema is great, but if you are looking to do something on a budget the rope I used was $25 for 600ft and worked great for years with no sag. I'm now on a motored system and use Dyneema, but folks looking to get started with something can make it happen much cheaper.

[@MySensationblack]

Hey Mate, i like your Videos - your explanation is really awesome but somehow i didn´t got what you´re meaning with the "coated aircraft cables". Can u send me link? Hope to hear u soon!

[@ScottBell]

Cheers, thanks Gerrit. It's braided steel cable that is coated with a plastic material. Something like this amzn.to/36lPTyN I don't think it's absolutely required that it's coated but through it'd protect the wire from fraying over time.

[@MySensationblack]

@@ScottBell Well, thank you so much for that fast answer. Please ignore my Mail! PS: your new work is outstanding!

[@MySensationblack]

@@ScottBell so it´s basicly a metalcoated wire?

[@ScottBell]

@@MySensationblack Hope that helps you find what you need! Thanks a lot for watching and the kind words :)

[@ScottBell]

@@MySensationblack It is a metal wire that is coated in a plastic/rubber.

[@fodsonmedia]

Wow, excellent video Scott! And such a great idea. I'm heading up to Åre (Swedens biggest bike park) in a few days to do some DH riding for three weeks, and definitely bringing all my filmmaking gear. I feel I need to try this out now too :) Cheers man! /Fred

[@ScottBell]

Thanks Fred, glad it inspired you to give it a try! Stoked to get out there today and really put this thing to the test on a trail. Stay tuned!

[@Kalashnikow42]

1::49 Drilling the sheet only held by your hands? Be careful, I once witnissed the same, but that guy came in hospital and got 24 stitches....

[@ScottBell]

Don't worry, it was chill.

[@bobs-Videos]

I share your enthusiasm and frustration to do this. I've made a $20 cable cam and used fishline to do ziplining, You can see some of my attempts here . kzbin.info/aero/PLkQEHeCfec3bhzA4Jr1Eg9VxPm-NAY80X