Nice! My Tripod is around $300 and that is not expensive either!

Grumpyneanderthal Thanks :)

mrmadman Thanks!

Darnley Bynoe This new one is not much heavier than the old one, but much more stable. The legs are made from spruce, which it the strongest wood by weight, so very suitable for this type of thing.

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Reginaldo Silva Thanks :)

Mike Waldt Thanks Mike!

Paul Bialozor Yes, for every 100 or so downloaded, someone would chip in a couple of bucks - been down that road. Never have looked for charity, this is what I do for a living and part of that is making plans to sell.

I Build It I get what you are saying, asking for donations is not like asking for charity; for my donation you are providing something. Had you simply asked for charity there would be no obligation on your part to provide anything. But if you force someone to buy plans I feel they will just rip off your video and in the long run there is nothing for you. Folks tend to be generous when they sense the person they are dealing with is providing a service and not indulging in greed; there is a difference. I fully understand how much time and effort goes into making plans, ideas, and being creative because for every way that works there are tens of thousands of ways that WON'T. There is also your time and materials to factor into the overall cost of doing business as well; and frankly that is where keeping track of such things becomes a wonderful tax deduction too. You are doing far better than me as I have yet to master making my first HOW TO VIDEO and I have been working with computers since 1986 and I've been working with wood since 1982ish, give or take a few years... I know I've done some very creative things in the past, long before making HOW TO VIDEOS was even invented and that info is now lost as there was no real way for me to record it. I can not remember all the tricks of my past or even how I managed to do what I did or if I could even copy it today. Because of the internet woodworking is far easier now that it was 3 decades ago all because of wonderful HOW TO VIDEOS... Enjoy...

Paul Bialozor "Greed" - that's a good one! Lol.

I Build It I meant no offense nor was I making any accusations, so I wonder how you took my meaning of Greed? Do tell....

Paul Bialozor The only way possible: Having free detailed videos out that almost makes plans redundant and STILL going through the pain of creating plans because there STILL seems to be a market for them ("man! I'd PAY for some plans for this!"), makes you think that John's dedication (and therefore lifestyle and profession) could be round up with "indulging in greed". Yes. It IS "lol"-funny.

Roy Wrenn It's always hard to nail down just how long it takes to do these builds, since filming it really adds to the time.

Bellevue Woodshop Thanks :)

Jay Bates Thanks Jay, it's something I've been wanting to do for a while and now that it's done, I'm glad I finally got around to it. Much better than the old one.

Interesting solution for people that don't have a tripod. L.ZACCARO

The Nomadic Polywright Show Thanks :) I'll have to make something to put there, now that I have the wall space.

Simon Heslop Thanks! I've never had a problem with the camera slipping on my extension arm, but adding some rubber padding would be a nice addition.

Jared S That's what I was doing for a week solid - working on the house. I'm editing a video on it right now, actually, and that will be on my home improvement channel tomorrow.

I Build It Thats exciting! Did you tear down that addition yet?

Excellent, I've been waiting for an update on the house channel.

Shop built Thanks!

wordsnwood Thanks Art, it's a lot better than my old one and looks pretty good too :)

BiglinesNL Ha! I was just about to say the same thing almost word for word. Might try it as an experiment some time. I'm sure epoxy wouldn't be as strong as having the steel nut in there, but might be workable for some applications.

BiglinesNL I think that the best approach is to do the little bit of extra work and put the steel nut in there, since, like you say, it will have to withstand being loosened and tightened over and over.

MarkleZephire The graphite powder would not make the wood fiber swell, but i am thinking that talcum powder would work as well between the plastic and wood and not be quite so messy.