NEEWER Gimbal Head Upgrade

[@mr1hander]

the gimbal operates as it was designed to...smooth fluid movement, not free swinging ball bearing merry go round movement..all the people who are changing bearings to get them to spin like a top are screwing up the intended purpose...which is to get a smooth sweep with a bit of resistance and controlled fluid movement ... thats why they have bushings in them with that really sticky gunk in them..that stuff is supposed to restrict movement just enough to get a fluid swing and up and down arc..

[@avalanwa]

I thought I was the only one. This is ridiculous and unusable. Smh.

[@TheNewMexicoMan]

I disagree! The tension with the adjustment knobs is what is supposed to restrict movement just enough to get a fluid swing and up and down. I want to choose between it free spinning and restricting moment! That sticky gunk is horrible. It's too bad I had to rebuild it myself and still it does not move as freely as I need it to while tracking birds or shooting sports!

[@TheNewMexicoMan]

@Why Me Actually don't waste your money on this trash! I took it to Alaska and I threw it away when I got home. What a waste of money!

[@latomasa1000]

Yea rite ñ

[@TheNewMexicoMan]

@@latomasa1000 I don't know what that means!

[@sergiogomezphotography]

Congratulations for being one of the few who modify their gear!!! Way over most people's head but really appreciate it. Today it seems people have lost the ability to fix and modify anything.

[@Roberto_79]

When this video started I thought it was going to be as simple as; remove polyurethane parts and replace with bearings. then somewhere in the middle it turned into some major engineering project. Too much like hard work for a slightly more fluid gimbal

[@forsterl.stewart414]

Did all this work when just a cleaning and decreasing will be sufficient. I get great results with a Bieke47 and two YELANGU A17. Without all this machining. But kudos to you for taking the time to physically change the design to fit your needs.

[@helthuismartin]

Iam wondering how a Wimberley wh200 looks inside.Have you seen any pictures on the internet of that???

[@HarryLThompsonIII]

Seriously? You have got to be kidding me. At 5:20 I realized that this is not intended to help us, but rather, it is intended simply "show off" his solution.

[@mamiksantra2430]

Can we attach this gimbal head to a Steadicam

[@mguerramd]

You can enjoy a fun project…or buy a Wimberley! I would be inclined to do both.

[@deepbluefantasea]

Couldn’t even watch it music was so damn anoying

[@wegder]

I bought the same gimble head, I was just wondering what bearings you used?

[@chrisbennett2977]

Just a tip: The lower pan bearing needs a washer the size of the inner race to space it away from the base The outer race is in contact with the base . It is not acting as a bearing the way you have assembled it.

[@UnofficialGunAddicts]

You've got some mad skillz sir!!

[@WildAlberta]

That great if you have the equipment to modify and machine it to make it work..

[@MichaelCarper2]

Great work! Slightly disappointed that there are no drop in parts, looks like you had to do some big mods to the gimbal so it's not a quick fix.

[@sunnytang6]

It is hard to modify the head with bearings, unless you have tools. May be Neewer saw this video & improve their product.

[@samrotolo7303]

Its price point not know how.

[@SujaysPhotographyy]

What brand is this ? And do you have a link?

[@JCulpepper73]

Good work and looks like you got yourself a fine gimbal...

[@kaporwojtas]

Great job!

[@denniscrabtree2170]

No lighter weight grease was reapplied. Unacceptable by my standards. The the use of power grinder? Not needed! I found another video that seems a lot more appropriate.

[@Thesrin]

Which video please?

[@denniscrabtree2170]

@@Thesrin I changed my mind on what to do. I ended up removing as much as that heavy grease as possible. I did apply a small amount of lithium grease on the bolt that controls whether the unit can turn or not. I also applied a small amount to the bolt that controls the arm holding the camera. That allows it to pivot more smoothly while shooting action like birds in flight. All this work seemed to make the unit operate more smoothly.

[@Thesrin]

@@denniscrabtree2170 cheers

[@stproc]

Mine works fine as I don’t want a spinning top. Oh, and turn that bloody music off.

[@antoniotartarini6161]

Great great great great work! I hope I'll be able to do it Congratulations

[@craigdixon439]

Great work. But you'd need the tools and bit of engineering knowledge to do the job. You should modify them and resell on Ebay.

[@mikebader9491]

Why go through all that instead of spending a few more bucks to buy a better gimbal?

[@MegaSawfish]

It's more than a few bucks. The Neewer is a good product with a terrible lubricant. replace the lube with a normal one and it works great. At $57, it is an amazing value.

[@chingo3625]

Mr. Tang does not think the way as you. First, skill, second, material, third, tools required to to the assembly. All these cost more than a Wim ... one.

[@johnwalsh8316]

600 bucks for a Wimberley, and 80 bucks for this imitation and an hours worth of cleaning and degreasing, pretty easy decision for an old retired guy like me who uses it three or four months a winter. I wish I could afford a WH200, but on my retired income, I just have to deal with the regreasing. I do have an old sidekick for my old Acratech head

[@TopoMorphosis]

Would there be any way to do it without machining the pieces? I do not have the tools and, of course, your skills. but i have the same gimbal and i would like to improve it a little at least. it´s very impressive how do you make magic with this gimbal head, and works great! Regards from Spain! pd: Sorry for my english, I know, it sucks :)

[@MegaSawfish]

Here is how I did it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/harRiINoaaiGp7c

[@metalmikey2]

Jairo, just clean out the old grease (be careful the original stuff is incredibly sticky) and replace it with a thinner one, that's what I did on the two I have here and they are now, in my opinion, fantastic.

[@landnavigator2]

Jairo...your English is very good! Your written comments are better than many native English speakers who post online.

[@AZTEC_ARTS2023]

If i send you mine can you do this ?

[@williammonaciii5491]

I would purchase one of you will do the upgrade. How much ?

[@pleikudatuk8702]

seem you change the new bearing that is wrong application.

[@RPMac]

Why do people f with things....it worked fine.....fine enough for the price.....

[@johnwalsh8316]

I concur. I bought the carbon fiber clone and it works great for me, ,shitty thick grease and all

[@roberthinton8074]

Nice job McGiver !!! But after all that time and not to mention the tooling costs ... you could have just splurged on a Wimberley ... cause in the end ... it's still only a NEEWER gimbal !!!

[@khamvinh778]

Nice job! But better buy a good one and you don't have to do anything, just use it! Your labor cost the same price with a... Wimberley head Iguess!

[@tonytfuntek3262]

I love the idea but after I purchased $8,000 worth of machining equipment it may have been more economical just to buy a Benro gimbal for $300.00.

[@avnerbenzvi8757]

all i wanted to find the best and quick and safe way to connect to tripod

[@maximme]

you can start your own brand...just get those parts from China...not so difficult. search online

[@derekgillan7314]

As an engineering challenge buy one, as a gimbal head = shit

[@TheNewMexicoMan]

Don't waste your money on this trash! I took it to Alaska and I threw it away when I got home. What a waste of money! I rebuilt it before I left, removing the sticky crap and re-lubed it, and it still was horrible tracking birds and was totally unreliable! I replaced it with an Acra-Swiss Z1+ duel pivot ballhead and a Wimberley sidekick to have a great ballhead and a gimbal head action. Yep it was expensive but in the case, quality counts.

[@deniss820]

Non e' proprio così ...arriva bloccato....lo devi sistemare per un uso decente.

[@deepbluefantasea]

Couldn’t watch it damn music annoying

[@pofrani]

Your 'before' footage, the camera wasn't even set up correctly and balanced! What a crappy video!

[@keverton123]

why the fuck does everyone put shitty music over their vids?

[@jcphenix1]

Way too high level for me. Just won't buy that neewer thing, lol.

[@aliensil]

The music in the video is simply horrible.

[@sunnytang3009]

It has tension adjustment to suit your need !!! Video show how smooth the Gimbal Head can move ( If you shooting flying birds or airplane photos with tele-lens)