DIY GoPro Camera Slider

www.DIYGoPro.com ► How to build a DIYcamera slider for your GoPro using a few common items from the hardware store. Full parts list with links can be found at www.DIYGoPro.co...

[@Jojo10040]

this is genius! I work in the cabinet industry and didn't think of using a drawer slide, maybe you can use two side by side drawer sides attached to a small pannel so it can be sturdy enough for a dslr

[@OU81TWO]

Genius. The best, cleanest, and most elegant DIY slider idea on youtube. I tip my hat to you good sir.

[@RolandKarczewski]

I saw many DIY sliders but your idea is just mindblowing. THX

[@Adesico87]

i think this is by far one of the best DIY sliders i've seen.

[@MirkWoot]

Finally someone who doesn't need to re-invent the wheel. Also DIY CNC machine parts shops online sell linear rails and bearings in all sorts of types that easily could be modified, tho maybe bit more expensive, maybe at times more than ready-made.

[@DIYGoProVideo]

Thanks Travis! Hope you make one! Stay tuned for new tutorials.

[@XubenLGen]

An ingenious use of existing technology. I've been looking for an inexpensive, portable slider that I can backpack. This looks like a winner.

[@alaskanfrogman]

Very creative use of the drawer slides, congratulations. For improvement suggestions. When using the flat head bolt screw, I would suggest using a "Countersink" drill bit to countersink the hole for the bolt head. This way you are not bending or compromising the drawer slider track in any way. A good countersink drill bit will allow you to countersink the edges of the hole where the bolt head goes, thus creating a lower profile that will allow for better clearance, and the head will not obstruct other moving parts of the drawer slide. I like this build very much and will try making one to your suggested specs, but will use a countersink to bore out and taper the hole where the 1/4" flat head bolt will rest for the ball joint, and for the quick release... good luck with your future endeavors, great ideas, and thanks...

[@donovanvasquez5807]

this would work if there was enough material. if you go too far the universal ball joint might not be able to go down full and then it wouldnt work. you might be able to add a few washers to create a tighter seal.

[@alaskanfrogman]

A rather inexpensive slider unit can come from your very own house... of course depending on whether or not you have a garage with a motorized garage door opener. I saved and salvaged my old garage door opener screw drive unit with the shuttle attachment. I modified the attachment and put a smaller, much quieter motor on it. I did have to modify the clutch for the screw drive, but it works perfectly, albeit a tad noisy. But, I can take this unit and do parallel pans and sweeps and add vertical motions when standing it on end. I am figuring a way to ad it to my lighting tripod base so that I can raise and lower the track to higher or lower planes when doing up and down motions... It's still a bit rough, but shows a lot of promise. The slider works very well and very smoothly because of the machined screw drive and the garage door shuttle. Thanks for sharing your build.

[@holly9500]

haha love the awe inspired music! this is one of the most creative and brilliant ideas I've seen yet.

[@DeerHunterDVM]

just got my first gopro for Christmas and cant wait to try this DIY....looks badass...and cheap!

[@98point6]

Great tutorial. I viewed other drawer slider videos - yours is much more concise and watchable. Thank you

[@JamesDoylesGarage]

Brilliant. Love the simplicity.

[@ajoboe]

Just the best ive found until now!! awesome idea!

[@autumngreenleaf3390]

Good idea. I like it. One part that I would change is to use button head screws, since the flat heads you are using don't sit flush with the drawer slide. They are used with a tapered hole which allows them to sit flush and be stabilized from sitting in the tapered shaped wall of the hole. Since you can't make that happen with the drawer slide, the button head may sit lower since the head height may be shorter overall. this is not to be said to insult you but to give viewers an option. Cheers.

[@EdwardHowell]

nobody asked you for your opinion! (just kidding)

[@autumngreenleaf3390]

Just one of my unmarketable skills to annoy you with.

[@obktownposse]

Great, just what I was looking for. Simple but effective. Thanks for that. Best regards from Germany.

[@IGoProEVERYTHING]

I use those drawer slides a lot at work and would have never thought of that.

[@ricardoabreu4997]

Cheap and very easy of making. Good job

[@mitcham72]

love the way you present it no me me me well done

[@microworkshk]

Awesome piece of tool !

[@БольшойБратухин]

Great! I thought about using this drawer slide, but hadn't made up how to do it. Now I know how)) Thx.

[@berkelbash]

Great execution. You need a bulky tripod, this slider is heavy! With the right planning, you could finish the whole thing in 5 minutes, but it didn't work that way for me. Button head screws were far too tall for my slider. Tapered with a larger hole (so it sits deeper) is definitely the way to go. I only have about 2mm clearance. My cheap tripod doesn't have a quick release, so bolting directly to the tripod caused interference as well (tripod bolt too long).. so I need to make my own plate with the small screws in the video, then mount that to the tripod. I'm also getting grinding since the slider is flat whereas with a drawer it would be rotated 90 degrees. All depends on the slider you buy though. Probably need some extra bearing grease.

[@speterlewis]

Simply brilliant...bravo! I wonder how easy it would be to motorize this. Any ideas?

[@ricardoabreu4997]

Attach the slanted slider attached to the tripod so it does not move. The ends of the removable part are attached to two small bottles of water. the bottom bottle carries a hole in the bottom and ends up rising due to the weight of the full bottle. The camera attached to the slider moves in the direction of the descending bottle

[@venatv]

amazing!!! the best idea for slider in youtube!!! Thanks so much!!!

[@Wildersport]

That is an awesome idea and I have an idea on how to make it better

[@jonaskaiser5496]

Daves Workshop would you tell us your idea?

[@malinka8521]

Exactly what I needed! Thank you!!!

[@grea8star]

very good idea, i wana know how you manage the upward movement by using this slider (as against gravity)?

[@sebastianhoch5180]

i think they just played the take backwards which made the down movement seem like it was moving up

[@Kortnatenis1]

Sebastian Hoch so you cannot shot even a man walking, 'cos he will be walking backwords:)

[@PVPonTubeYou]

Tomasz Lewandowski Lol! Get him to walk backwards.

[@peacevhunkk]

That's what the Bolt Coupler was for - it's a handle so you can pull it upwards (steadily, of course!)

[@mikesama5458]

Reverse efrect

[@timwright2357]

@islay4 Nice video! Maybe use some stabilization software? It was a bit shaky for me to catch all that was happening.

[@GrantYoungPhotography]

This is a bit more difficult it seems than it shows. I made one an my slider is not smooth at all. I got my slider at HD, maybe the lowes one is better and smoother?

[@RicelordG]

great video! well explained too!

[@PinhasHD]

Could this support the weight of an dslr? Would the movement be as smooth as with a go pro?

[@ramonta3]

ese rail que es de un armario o que nombre tiene,gracias.

[@TheNNPW]

good vid! can i ask the name of song at end? sounds familiar..

[@SerebroRoman]

Cool, bro. Crazy hands 👍😁

[@YOURFISHINGCHANNEL]

was slomo involved in last shots?

[@SeanMalter]

This is cool! keep the videos coming

[@HqckFN]

Wow, easy to understand

[@Parkskifamily]

you wonderful !!! thank you

[@TravisCausey541]

Great video!

[@specfever2]

The movement, then, is created by gravity?

[@jackgao8861]

very good!

[@JaredShue]

0:42 pretty sure those are screws ;) Great vid, thanks for the tips!

[@MalaysianTropikfusion]

I was pretty weirded out when he called them bolts. Thank you for reaffirming my sanity.

[@ruzziasht349]

bolts screw in to nuts, screws have sharp ends and don't attach to nuts.

[@MartinezEvulvE]

Nope, they're bolts.

[@ruzziasht349]

Yup they sure are...

[@JudsonRadio]

I think they're technically machine screws.

[@ishanjethani5587]

Amazing man, keep it up

[@eddytang490]

One question is do I have to get exactly the same draw slider? And can't I just stick a mount onto the draw slider?

[@Mickey58D]

Awesome!

[@m.rcameracraneuonit5272]

very good

[@astigmatik]

would this work for point and shoot cameras?

[@quinnls]

astigmatik yeah. The screw on the ball joint is 1/4", and that is both the standard size for just about any camera you can get as well as what they use on that GoPro adapter.

[@Wheeliedevil]

Ain't it difficult to get a smooth footage if you operate it by hand?

[@mr.timelapse8161]

I just took one slider to see how it's working and the only problem with this ball bearing drawer sliders it's they don't slide constantly. Maybe you can lube it and that might work. Or any other ideeas ?

[@jackljeffery]

you could use a PTFE spray on the tracks to lubricate it, or some graphite powder

[@IgorBarcellosDrums]

What is the width of this drawer slider?

[@MarcioSargento]

Hi there! Would this work with a DSLR, or would it be too heavy?

[@jirehjohng.arafol3939]

+Marcio Sargento Hi, my POV in this DIY Slider, I think it would be too heavy

[@evgennekras860]

Супер! просто, быстро и не затратно))

[@rubenmattheus5580]

what is the song in the end

[@dennisrajan8020]

thanks mate!

[@Willeustace]

Nice mailbox

[@GainzB4Gamez]

Cool man

[@davesamuel8037]

Brilliant.....

[@juliansgr]

Cool thank you

[@ghunterforever]

or, just use a camera that cames with the industry standard 3.5 mm mounting hole and then you got a range of selections for cheap. 3.5mm mounting hole, you know, cames with any camcorder expect go pro?

[@JohnAlesi]

I get about 29" of travel. Is that typical?

[@mgrozev2001]

what is the name of the track on the test footage?

[@xtremesports1963]

Are you shooting 1080

[@hope4surf]

Cool! Thanks!

[@magsbestsongs]

How do you come up with these ideas :)

[@rubenmattheus5580]

the song in the end is the same as slow mo guys

[@michfan7804]

Cool design! But how come all of the gopro videos on youtube look better than mine? Do you people use some type of editing?

[@donovanvasquez5807]

1.color correction 2.highest resolution possible. 3.probably slowing down the movement then speeding up the footage in post. probably one of those.

[@NathanProctor]

Nice!

[@RubberDuc]

What setting was the GoPro on, 1080 Medium?

[@waz00z]

Question - how did you get the ascending shot? is that footage just in reverse? or ?

[@arsallansiddiqui9106]

Yeah, in reverse

[@aRF06]

he do it manually using that slider...

[@prowoodknifes1187]

M.d Arief Ariffin no he did reversed the footage

[@MeghanBurnsHealthandBeauty]

how do you control the speed of the slide?

[@ruzziasht349]

change the angle and gravity does the rest

[@bcfcespley]

Really silly question, but the test footage at the end... how did he do it vertically, and are the videos reversed?

[@donovanvasquez5807]

he just used the trip od angle one side really low and the other higher. I would pull on it or let it slide down by itself then reverse the footage.

[@SKIGAN14]

Cool

[@JBtheExplorer]

Your voice sounds just like Lazlow Jones'.

[@silentcraftsman]

How did you attach it to a tripod?

[@SteedDigital1]

the quick release he showed. if you don't have that I guess you could buy a nut that fits the threads on the tripod. then sit the slider on the tripod and just use the nut and a washer to hold it there. make sure that is tight though.

[@antoinedsaintexupery]

Sweet!!

[@ramezaldabass6054]

i bought this draw slider but what does he means WITHOUT THE SOFT CLOTH FEATURE ?

[@donovanvasquez5807]

Ramez Al Dabass soft close feature

[@guidobotti8204]

vorrei sapere dove poter comprarlo in italia possibilmente a roma

[@lucarossin5903]

in italia basta andare in un qualsiasi negozio di bricolage tipo leroy merlin o ikea o brico o obi..vedi tu;)

[@jobstrijker9756]

Awesome! :)

[@mobiledjru]

I thought, it is unreal to use that things as a slider! I was wrong )

[@vinodmunnar7587]

super

[@TheSalezio]

Ovo ja pravi, sad sam poručila sve što mi treba! :D

[@artpi7969]

Genius

[@paupe1988]

my english is not so good and i don't know names of all that items what i need.. can somebody correctly write all names of parts what i need?

[@eduardoperez3949]

+Toms Paupe In what languaje do you need the list, i speak spanish?

[@paupe1988]

would be great in english, for example, i don't know the name of that three leg thing on what that slider is.

[@eduardoperez3949]

it's a regular tripod, the quick release plate attached to the slider it's meant to fit in it

[@eduardoperez3949]

if you already have a tripod, you just need an extra quick release plate that fits

[@paupe1988]

i need tripod as well.. i have one very little :) Thank you very much :) tripod and release plate are that things what i need :)

[@donovanvasquez5807]

i just made one like this for 5 bucks. but first i dropped it in sand... now the bearings arent working... wd40 helped but ill have to try and fix it after work lol

[@sonofthem]

I've tried to make one like you did in this video, and i failed. lol

[@donovanvasquez5807]

its not that hard try rewatching it. all you have to do are two things. just mount your the slider to your tripod then mount your ball head to the slider.

[@sonofthem]

thanks man, i will try this again.

[@DCFotographs]

yeah let us know. im debating if I want to do that this weekend haha

[@donovanvasquez5807]

im considering making one as well... i kinda want a pro one tho.

[@MsKandahar]

Haale loeja, genius ;)

[@Arnold_X3]

*Can someone make this and sell it to me?*

[@magsbestsongs]

lazy :)

[@Svyat1984]

геніально і просто)))

[@moparman2303]

fucking awesome

[@LLFACE1]

had me till the music

[@ВладимирПутин-я8и]

только что сделал такой = фигня но дёшево

[@MerryTech]

Completely Bad A$$ idea. Thanks!

[@rep1vNL]

Great video!

[@fredrikandersson1595]

Nice!