Impressive work! You really let no room for questions as it's very extensive and clear. Hope the best for you, mate.

Brilliant, have been planning to do something very similar and am super grateful you shared your process! Will definitely help inform my build, thank you so much for taking the time to film and post!

You are a genius this has solved so many issues for me when I'm limited on space in my studio!!! Oustanding!!!

Nice work! I’m truly impressed.

I did my studio a little different I mounted my stuff straight to the ceiling and added all ball heads to my strobe lights I got a 360 degree left right and 180 up and down wich is perfect for me. And I still use a c stand to do my product photos with and my camera on a ball head also got 360 degree movement and 360 up and down

Love this idea, going to adapt it for my home studio to mount sound blankets and lights from it.

Awesome job with this, the studio looks great!

Great system you built! Thanks for sharing not only how you did it, but also the journey including missteps along the way!

This is the nicest solution I have seen so far. You should post more solutions. Nice job

That fall in the beginning is so epic! I love it. Thank you for sharing your expertise.

Great project. I have moved my studio home and have taken over the garage, so this is a great idea!

This is really good, some great tips in there!

Very nice! I have been thinking about making something similar for my small studio but have ended up using wall mount boom arms instead. It makes a huge difference not having light stands on the floor in my small space.

Well done! Thanks for sharing this.

Thanks for the inspiration!! Will be building something similar soon cheers!

Amazing!! Hugely useful, so thanks!!! Was looking for something like this and you nailed the sweet spot :)

Instant like for the intro

Loved the intro.... Quite innovative

I like this design. Thanks.

Fantastic! More than I need in my studio but you gave me some great ideas. The beginning when you tripped…that’s me….every time I film. haha

Helpful and interesting! Thank you.

so cool! i would love to see some things you have produced in this room since building the overhead rig

Super interesante y de mucha ayuda! Enhorabuena!! Un abrazo!

That was genius, nice work!

This was so helpful, I've been thinking about building something similar myself but I've been struggling to find much info online, until now! Thank you ^_^

Awesome work. Inspired me with some ideas for my own studio with similar space issues 👍👍😎

Wow! Really great job 👍🏼

You could get vinyl rollers to quiet the video roller

Outstanding! Thank you!

Man this is GREAT 👍🏻, looking into doing the same to clear the floor space in my Studio. New subscriber here. Cheers from Western Australia 🇦🇺

I started working a bit from home and needed a solution to space in a one bedroom apartment. Not able to attach anything to the floors, walls and ceilings, I found your video to help with a solution. I floor supported an approximate 12'x14' grid like yours and suspended it over the Living Room making my space able to be lived in while flexible to do virtual events and and trainings. I am so appreciative of your idea and detail as well as the shots showing as much as possible. If I can share a picture somewhere I will, but this has helped keep the floor clear, give me the ability to still live in a small space, hide cabling in the strut and give flexibility as to where items slide or hang. Also, using online market places and such, I did not spent $500 for anything. Great idea and help. Thanks.

Love this. Thanks for doing all the experiments to figure out what works and what doesn't. I guess those $1000-$4000 pre-built sets exist because not every studio owner has a shed full of power tools :D I'll likely try such a build myself. Thanks for being an inspiration!

Supper Amazing 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 i did something to 1/10 your scale. I’m def looking into your system. Thanks for this vid.

Great video! Plan on doing this very thing next spring in my barn. And I bet nylon rollers would quiet things down. Thanks!

really nice work.

muy buen video que buscado mucho. Gracias por compartir tu inslación. Estoy seguro que me ayudará bastante

wow thats really super 😍😍😍

nice job!

Really useful thanks.

Great idea

Sir you are absolutely incredible I think my lights are way too heavy for this lol but man your mind to come up with this is amazing

Incredible job. Serious skillset. Thanks, I can use this information. I was wondering how I could build a slider and you figured it out.

Intro halarious. Thank You

Love it!

Amazing!

If I see a youtuber commits to a good pratfall, I subscribe. Information is also helpful. Bonus.

I did this almost 5 years ago but without the sliding tracks. I did have the idea of using Unistrut, but decided to go with a lighter and closer to the ceiling method. My studio ceiling is only 8' so not much room available to hang anything without things becoming head-bumps. So I just went for a fixed grid system using ten ft long 3/4 X 3/4 X 1/4" steel angles suspended 4" below the ceiling. These were spaced about 4 ft apart and parallel with the backdrops. Then five ft long pieces of the same angle are used to bridge between any two of the 10 ft angles to provide hanging points anywhere within the ceiling grid. I used pairs of Electrician's Beam Clamps bolted together to join the 5' long angles to the 10' long angles. Electric power is provided by Wiremold Outlet Strips attached to the ceiling and running past the ends of the 10' long angles. Each has an electric outlet every 6" along the strips, so there is power within 5' of anywhere I place a light within the ceiling grid. To hang lights, I use one of the Electrician's Beam Clamps to attach to the angle. Then I've modified some light stands by adding a 1/4-20 male stud to the bottom of the center posts, adding a 2" length of round dowel inside the end of the center post of the light stand with epoxy to bond it in place. A 1/4-20 by 2" hanger bolt (lag screw threads one end and machine screw threads on the other) was screwed into the end of this dowel and it becomes a way to attach the tripod upside down to the 1/4-20 threaded hole in the Electricians Beam Clamp. The Beam Clamps become the universal way to attach or assemble anything to the ceiling light grid. I had worked in the Theater, so "hanging lighting" was in my blood. One thing that we always did in the theater was to put "safety chains or cable loops" around the support structure and then a secure piece of the light, using D-Rings or Snap Hooks to join the ends of this safety loop. You can't trust a "Spigot" and the light hanging thumb screw to keep lights from falling. If you don't use any of my ideas, that's OK, but please come up with a "Safety Loop" method that works for you and always use one for every hanging light and fixture. If one falls it will destroy the light, but it might also injure your model and likely result in a law suit. I don't have a website, but will freely discuss this system with you if you contact me. Charley

You are handy. I don't have tools you have

Great, I'm lucky, it works great for me without errors

Thanks!

You also could have done a 3/8” Sammy screw into your stud and then just taken threaded Rod up to the ceiling and hung the strut bracket from that. 😊

You are a hero

Thanks for the extremely clear guide and helpful materials list! Let me know if I can reciprocate your generosity! Cheers.

wish i had your skills !

You could put scotch tape on the metal rails so when you use the rollers to reduce noise

Skookum!

Awesome setup. Thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful weekend. Fully view video. 👍545 likes.

Geniooiooo!!! Porfi podrías venir a argentina y me ayudas a hacer lo mismo? Me reí mucho con tío presentación pedir yo estoy casi igual en mi estudio. Buscaba ideas para dar una solución y encontré tu video. Me encantó 💯❤️‍🔥🧉

Liking this mate. Thinking i can build similar around the Tilta door components in my garage. Experiencing some trouble sourcing some of the materials. Two 6 metre lengths of channel for $260 AUD about $160 US alone.

This is inspiring! One question - any kind of trolley brake or lock needed? I know things need to be level, and I guess that should prevent things rolling on their own, but I would imagine a trolley lock or brake would be useful. Or is there some way to keep the friction high enough that things don't roll on their own? Or is this a non-issue that I am imagining? 🙂

Nice job team, what size is your studio Thank you for sharing

Could use Polyamide wheels to quiet the thing down. Great project after all.

Great work! I was brainstorming about this about a year ago and here you've figured it out completely! Have you added to this since it's inception? I know the commercial rigs for studios have two layers of pipes, with swivels at the point of the carriage so they can swing into odd angles. I've been a portrait photographer for 28 years and there was a time when a studio supply house would send a rep out and measure your space for a custom system that would set you back $20K or more.

Hey! This is great! I'm using your tips to get a similar thing for a my new studio build. Its frustrating with cables, stands and more stands and cables on the floor. This would indeed help! Is there anything that you'd like to change now a few months after the build? Anything you've added that has been a big lift in flow and productions? :) /Björn, Swedish film producer..

Careful not to drill in to building wiring. The building codes say wires can be 1.25 inches from the edge of a stud, so add 1/2 inch for drywall and that gives you a maximum screw depth of 1 3/4 inches.

Hey mate. Im not engineer, But what if someone mounted a foldable boom arm to the roof that was on a swivel point? That way we could bend and rotate the light into place for photography? I dont have a super high roof, so it would be cool to just raise and lower my lights as needed. Surprised there doesn't seem to be anything like it.

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Rather than a uni strut trolly, just cut a strip of poly to fit as a slide inside the uni strut. Slides easy and quietly, stays in place where you put it.

what about the light that you used? what kind

What size are the conduit clamps? Are they 3/4" or bigger? You said that are slightly loose.

Interesting... Great job but to confirm it's real can you fly over to my house and install it for me lol

Jesus loves you bro! Thank you!!

Mmmm okay but you had to make it smart home rail

Good job but this not diy 😂