Giant Balanced Arm Build (Part 3)

Finishing up my Balanced Arm Camera mount build. A bit of re-machining things I machined in previous videos, working out spring tension, and test driving it.
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[@RotarySMP]

Brilliant ending. I find watching someone else clean up there machines to be very relaxing. My camera stand bounces around like that as well. Yours came out great.

[@jebowlin3879]

I wonder if there is a way to put a chicken head on there, anti motion balance, w/e its called... Stabilizer, thats the word

[@stewartfrye]

I was waiting at the lathe in line with the other guys, but because i took my time getting there I couldn't see a thing from the back row, could you do that all over again for us slow people. Ya know you have some really dedicated subscribers, one guy told me he stood outside all night just so he could get a front row seat. Another guy told me he sent his girlfriend to stand in line. Anyway we all agreed that the only reason to put knurling on something is so that the vise grips work better. Good job for pointing that out. Great video, cause it has a better view than in person live.

[@JeremyMakesThings]

The quality of this comment gets you on the VIP list next time.

[@stewartfrye]

@@JeremyMakesThings does this mean dinner too, and a limo

[@Bobs-Wrigles5555]

Nothing beats the old electricians band aid, BTW best timed cut ever ✂😁

[@TheAggromonster]

So I'm not the only one who has bought an extension cord for the lone purpose of throwing it across the rafters to the opposing wall? Nearly did it with a garden hose some time ago due to the hose bib being inside the garage on the wrong wall...

[@joell439]

Best threaded hole plugs on the internet 👍👍😎👍👍. That has to be a huge relief getting so much shop space back when we come to visit. Thanks Jeremy 🙏

[@variousvisfineart]

That arm you made is very useful. Most people would search Amazon or B&H and buy one. I admire how you just made it.

[@vathevladimir]

This level of comedy is pleasing to me as a relatively new father.

[@twotone3070]

I've had 38 years of practice and they never appreciate any of it.

[@viorelparaschivoiu8882]

As always very entertaining and educational. Can you use some dampers to deal with the arm bouncing around? Not sure how you'd integrate these but something a la Citroen 2CV? Maybe that's too much, but you can also get some serious dampers in R/C shops for some of the bigger scale off road trucks/buggies. A couple of dozen of those and you're set.

[@OhHeyTrevorFlowers]

There's nothing like a new camera angle to make me want to clean the shop!

[@CraigAndera]

Haha, the ending was great. I liked how y

[@homemadetools]

Interesting build. We shared this video (and the previous parts) on our homemade tools forum this week 😎

[@FullSendPrecision]

Love all of your subtle humor.

[@ADBBuild]

Turn out great. To help with the bouncing, maybe add a few dampeners? Could probably even make some either out of a small air or hydraulic cylinder or completely form scratch.

[@rallymax2]

Trilogies are always awesome. Love the journey and your willingness to share despite the trolls.

[@billbaggins]

👍 Outstanding result mate, lots of good humour and loved the endi

[@metalworksmachineshop]

Well done 👏

[@uthor707]

One Jeremy to another, you rock mate.

[@scroungasworkshop4663]

A light gas strut should stop the arms bouncing. Cheers mate, Stuart 🇦🇺

[@joshwalker5605]

That workbench is the only thing I’ve ever seen that somehow looked dirtier after it was clean.

[@MarionMakarewicz]

Very cool project. Your videos are great. I do think you missed a great opportunity to mix that hotel pan of swarf with some cat food and like TOT sift through the litter box and find some new stock!

[@yeagerxp]

Good work 👍👍👍 . Thank you for sharing. Take care of yourself 🇨🇦

[@pyromedichd1]

Nice job and great guessing on the springs.

[@zachsmith98]

Looks great! Should let you get tons of cool shots while keeping the camera out of your way!

[@kentuckytrapper780]

Excellent job man, going to help ya out, great video, keep'um coming.

[@googleuser3110]

Great job Jeremy.

[@kendingsor]

This came out great! I also have always liked those lamps and I've been wanting to make a simpler version to hold my soldering tray or small tool tray over my work bench for working on stained glass or anything else where I want the whole surface free. Wasn't sure how to go about figuring out spring strength so totally gonna steal your turnbuckle idea to adjust preload. Lol'd at the tape!

[@orsummerton]

That thing looks amazing, need to build one too!

[@dirtdart81]

You were right, I did like that

[@igeinen]

And still only 6k subs on your channel?? I like so much you convert scrap metal to diamonds 😊

[@TheAggromonster]

Hey, Nice video! Thank y

[@Engineerd3d]

Nice work! Love the arm, i should really make one for my shop.

[@honeycuttracing]

Great set videos, bet all those tripods where a pain

[@thatguy3198]

Hey Jeremy, Why not make the entire setup telescopic. So that you can get a wider range of viewing capacity

[@GreatOldOne]

I know that tidying up sigh… the struggle is real. 😆

[@throblet]

But making tidying up into content - that’s when you know you are a proper KZbinr 🙄

[@ronwilken5219]

Jeremy, I think you need to change the name of your website to "Jeremy makes (mistakes) things". Thanks for the chuckles.

[@colecarson350]

Interesting noises coming from your lathe, sir. 😉

[@JeremyMakesThings]

The back gears probably. They need some love.

[@Rustinox]

Sure, it was a lot of work. But I'm sure it was worth it. Plus, it's a fun project :)

[@twotone3070]

I predicted the end moments before it happened, but I loved it nonetheless.

[@katkov000]

Привет друг! У тебя в хозяйстве тиски есть для зажима неровных деталей. Как они правильно называются и где такие купить можно? Заранее спасибо.

[@troyam6607]

tassels on the end as well?

[@AerialPhotogGuy]

Do you have Fusion 360 for modeling designs like this? Fusion allows you to use motion joints so you can test all of the possible motions in the model before making a single part. It would be a huge advantage for projects like this and no, I'm not a representative of Fusion or Autodesk, I'm just a big fan of using it for new designs. The time it would take to model it would be far less time than having to re-machine or even remake parts! Just trying to help! Otherwise, well done IMHO! :-)

[@JeremyMakesThings]

I downloaded fusion, looked at it once, and went back to Rhino. Fusion is probably (almost certainly) better for this sort of thing, but I’m proficient in Rhino so it’s tough for me to put in the time to learn fusion. But I should do that.

[@jdmccorful]

@@JeremyMakesThings no pain, no gain! Enjoy watching your work. Quite talented !

[@AerialPhotogGuy]

@@JeremyMakesThings I understand what you mean. Fusion IMHO does seem to be geared more towards mechanical engineering than Rhino. Whatever works for you is all that matters really.

[@zafaradeel2107]

Balanced arm lamp with steroids! ! !

[@PaulLemelin]

My wife is pissed at you because I've started picking up scrap metal whenever I come across it. I made her take a detour while we were out one day to pick up a half-shaft I had seen earlier on my run. She was not happy.

[@ronwilken5219]

Does bugger all to stop the commercials interrupting your dialogue though. See what you can do about that. Will you? I interesting chain of videos. Thanks. Regards from Canada's banana belt. 🤞🇨🇦🍌🥋🇺🇦🕊🇺🇲🦃💩🏁👍 P.s. yes I watched it all; again!

[@n00bkill]

FYI they are commonly called anglepoise lamps.