@@chas1878 With the inner race of the bearing being able to rotate with the drill bit if the drill angle was slightly off, there's very little chance this will cause any damage to the the guide bearing, if it was just a s/steel/alloy/steel guide spacer instead, there is the possibility of the drill bit biting into the jig surface causing a misaligned hole if you were slightly off with the drilling angle, so imo it does actually have a function, cool project
@@antc1609 the biggest benefit in use comes from the material being hardened. It's not fixed to the drill and the drill moves axially too so the benefit you mentioned must be minor I imagine. The one point that has to be mentioned is that Chinese ball bearings are dirt cheap, cheaper than getting a hunk of Steal and boring it to a specific diameter. Nevermind hardening it
I'm never going to make one of these, but am very impressed at what this guy has done. He makes it sound so easy, but that is very classy product design, beautifully executed.
@@noamtsvi Evan is probably losing his mind over the STL files right this moment. "OMG Katelyn, OMG, we need more printers! This thing is going to be like 200 pounds of filament!"
Still astounds me your channel is so "small" given what you're capable of and the lengths you go to in your videos - Absolute A grade material as always! 👌 Have you considered doing collabs with anyone?
In my opinion this channel will grow rapidly. The clips Alex' made are high quality nowadays and he increases the quality by little techniques like the camera crane in this season. Think in a few month, he will crack the half million subs border!
@Lernen mit Robin - yeah, I've seen it happen with other channels before.... as soon as youtubes algorithm starts catching on and starts recommending it on the trending page - some channels started to grow exponentially in a short amount of time.... and video quality + content will always shine. which he definitely delivers. 😎👍
Very cool design and seems very handy. It's amazing how much time just moving a camera around can take. One suggestion for you given the amount of 3D printing time this took - if your space can support it I'd recommend getting a plasma table and a sheet metal bender. Many of your 3D printed parts could be made in a matter of minutes from plasma cut and bent sheet metal. Even if you need a complicated 3D printed interface shape, many times 90% of the structure can still be sheet metal which will save you oodles of time.
But frankly, we all can see you are massively biased toward using sheet metal! #Plasmacuttersharpiemarker Love both of your channels Stuff Made Here and Alexandre Chappel!
I started reading this comment and was like, huh, plasma cutting and bending sheet metal? Doesn't that Stuff Made Here guy do all that? Then I looked at the comment author. X-D Love your stuff btw. Thank you for braving the hairdressing robots for the rest of us!
How highly do you have to value your time to justify replacigng a $300 printer with a several thousand dollar plasma cutter? Especially when that isn't 'time spent working', but 'time spent not having whatever my latest project it is complete'.
Seriously blown away. Made my husband and my youngest son (who is learning engineering, 3d modeling, metal work and woodwork in school) watch it. Separately. So I've watched it 3 times. Then bought the plans and priced it out.
BTW, you should ask around the youtube community about automating it. You would only need 3 axis, up/down, in/out, and tilt. If you did it, you could get some amazing time laps footage.
somebody who finally utilizes 3D printing for what it's supposed for. instead of gazillion nerds wasting hours of printing stupid plastic cups or cheapo plastic toys..... his industrial design background clearly gives him some advantage here.... and the pristine video editing = perfect match.....
Temple Rea as mentioned earlier, search for Ivan Miranda and his one man red tank printed on his self built huge 3D Printer. But besides him, yes, this one here is quite a huge project!
For the sake of your camera, please change the way you are holding the concrete block. Creep from the constant load will likely cause the brackets you printed to eventually give way (if fatigue from the vibrations over the floor don't get them first). Best case is you notice it starting to drag (since it looks pretty close to the floor), or it breaks while the camera isn't at full extend. If you had cast a hole in the center of the weight, possibly with a counter bore, you could have used a single bolt that would never break. Maybe add a few holes to the base and string paracord like ribbon on a present as backup now? Simple metal pipe hanger tape screwed underneath? It doesn't all have to be 3D printed. Very cool build. Enjoy your new creative freedom!
"In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm really happy about this".............................your joy is palpable, your pride is evident, and I have enjoyed each and every moment of this creation. Kudos to you and your amazing talents, and thanks for sharing your passion!
Built something with bearings on aluminium extrusion recently (finished a few weeks ago). I recommend either using nylon bearing wheels, or putting a UHMW tape between the bearing and the bearing, as the bearings are made from very hard steel, and the aluminium made from... relatively very soft aluminium, your bearings will wear a track in no time. It also quietens their operation considerably! Also, what are the blockers to offering these for sale?
Came to the comments to say this: definitely put some uhmw tape on those surfaces. You can already see the steel polishing the aluminum, which is nothing but wear.
yeah, i imagine the bearings from 3d printers would be better than just metal bearings. the rubber ones would need to be the same size as the metal ones he used now though. so might not be able to swap them out. kinda odd that he didnt use them in the first place, given that he owns a 3d printer and must deal with them every day.
@@cthulpiss The aluminum would need to be hard anodized but that's expensive and more complicated. The best option is to modify the design of the the brackets holding the ball bearings so they can fit small nylon or polyurethane bearings. Something like this: www.bearingscanada.com/PU8X22X7-2RS-Polyurethane-Rubber-8x22x7-p/PU8X22X7-2RS.htm?gclid=CjwKCAjw-5v7BRAmEiwAJ3DpuFVF0Uw6cuR4zvAexkXkmBi421AfmWDmv2TM1kXOmHsxR7oL97vsGBoCX6cQAvD_BwE
@@OU81TWO The guy got a lathe. You know what those can do pretty good? Very round sleeves out of soft materials. I'd just take some ptfe stock and put a sleeve ring over the bearings.
people should know this is pure art. most people have forgotten building things had considered as art in the past and this built is way more artistic than lots of music,films or painings out there
I dont like this brakes on wheels. Wheel does not move, but still can rotate on vertical axis. I would add 3-4x fix-posts. Those you just screw in to touch the ground and lift a whole part on couple of millimeters.
@@Auracanal you right! Lever is much faster and actually more predictable. Probably a bit harder in engineering, but after doing Such a design should not be a problem.
Great build, really interesting how you overcame a number of potential problems. I'd love to see a video about how you go about designing this in your 3D software
I am actually speechless. I can only imagine the amount of time that went into the 3d design of the parts and sketching the project and it's features. This is truly the most impressive thing I have seen so far, with 3d printed parts and wonder how the price/performance compares to the $10,000 dollar "toy". The most fun thing about this video is your genuine and relatable excitement over the outcome and functional success of the project. Huge thanks for sharing the files! $10 bucks is a steal, happy to support!
@@noamtsvi The 300hours are 300 printing hours. Because 3d printers take a lot of time to print out objects. But if you go online and see that you can buy good quality pla for printing, and spend lower than 20 bucks on it it's well worth the time. You get this for 10 bucks he basically did all the workd for you, printing would take way less probably because we're not testing it first time as he did, for sure you could sell these for a good price if you find the market for it.
@@squirrelhallowino29 what I meant is for him, with all the time he put into research, planning, designing and testing. For him it's not really cheaper. For people like us that just need to download and print, definitely we would save a ton of money
I am Cuban and I do not speak English, despite that I see all your videos, in order to write to you I must use a translator, I just want to tell you that you are a genius, you are admirable, you are simply inspiration, I congratulate you on this great work, I would buy yours and not the original, blessings. un abrazo...
My mind is blown to pieces watching this video. This is some colossal level engineering coming from an home workshop. The pin point precise measurements, every part fitting in perfectly like god damn Lego pieces. You are a genius man. Honestly, I'm blown away.
Couple of stepper motors to remotely move the arms it and the thing would be awesome .Strip a cheap 3d printer down , and you could control it with octoprint and program movement with g code for time lapses and the like
That's a great idea even though it probably isn't necessary. I made a motorized camera slider but I'm not really using it that much for timelapses and moving actually. It would be awesome though.
It would be cool if he motorized it, and added some kind of axis for roll and pitch. Only issue i could imagine is the belt slipping when he's trying to record something, but i mean it looks great, and seems to function pretty well.
tbh i think it would be better to invest in some brushless stepper motors, they are quieter, faster and more powerful. Adding some how also some drivability of some kind, maybe by replacing the wheels with rails you could motorize that too and have like mkbhd fancy camera robot but like diy and cheap. Could be very useful to be able to make repeatable shots with amazing stability. Could be cool also if focus and zoom controll would be added for more flexibility.
@_ David _ Sorry for the confusion, I'm not claiming the design. I'm literally the guy at 00:13. I didn't design it, I just bought one off craigslist. And a couple people have referenced mine in their builds.
@@RobertCowanDIY Atilla's is nice, but way more labor intensive in my mind. Alex's use of the 3d printed parts, #1, makes assembly much easier, I think a caveman could do it, #2, it looks so well made it almost looks like a commercially made piece. Now granted, I wonder how much time both guys invested in just planning and designing the builds. Alex's is sort of a plug and play. I agree with what some of the other people have said about him adding steppers to raise and lower and move in and out for those dramatic time lapse moving shots.
@@larryhampton9069 I'm not at ALL trying to minimize the work that Alexandre has done here, don't interpret my comment as such. But his is much different than a 'real' camera stand. It's very much a lightweight version of it, which is much more practical. The 'real' ones are around 300 pounds and you don't have to worry about them tipping even with the heaviest equipment. His appears to be a bit wobbly and not as stable. It is a bit more accessible, but it's further from the commercial versions. I can literally do pull-ups on mine when fully extended. No judgements, just saying it's a bit different.
I love this video I wish I could find more videos that have this kind of ingenuity that mix 3d printing and metal fabrication to make useful stuff I'm already a subscriber to Ivan Miranda, Makers Muse, and 3D Printing Nerd does anyone know of anymore UA-cam or LBRY Channels like them?
@@asderidelp All you'd really need to do to motorize the Z-axis is to attach a stepper Motor to the pulley on top. Pretty low effort and would allow some cool effects already. The horizontal axis would be more complicated, not sure how to tackle that.
This is so cool!!!!! I love that you shows us how you can use a 3D printer and some aluminum stock to create something that would otherwise cost THOUSANDS of dollars!!! THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAKER. You sir are very resourceful! Cheers!
He’s three words: an Ingenious engineer. UA-cam will make him very rich and he deserves it. This is hobby and pleasure combined. Some are lucky to call it their job. Thanks for sharing your work man.
It's amazing to see how many other DIY type UA-camrs have watched, enjoyed and then commented on this video. You've done a great job mate. Have subbed to see more like this!
As a camera guy I'm really jealous right now! Amazingly awesome great perfect job!!! Edit : Is it possible to mount the screen on the vertical bars? (so the operator doesn't need to follow when moving)
Just wow. The amount of engineering and design that went into this is amazing. This guy is a pro obviously, and you don't just wake up one morning and do this without some serious thought and planning. Great job!
This is just amazing work and as someone that designs and works with 3dprinters I can just imagine how much work and time this took. Amazing! I'm filming my videos with my phone and I'm in the making of a a mount to attach my phone to one of those adjustable IKEA lamps. Super budget version of this lol
Kudos Alexandre! I was a commercial photographer in the early 90's and no studio was complete without a rolling camera stand. They were unaffordably expensive back then too so I made my own from wood (with drawer glides as bearings). It served me well for many years but I ditched it when I exited the profession. I'm shooting a lot lately and thought I'd see what people have come up with recently and found your video. I just purchased the plans and am making this! Quick question... what infill density do you recommend for the parts when printing?
The problem with mounting it to the wall is that you can't retract the arm. So you basically just have a camera on a stick attached to a hinge. Unless you make a sled for the camera but then the rails would get in the way of the shot. Pretty unpractical. You could attach a long rod vertically on the sled but then it's just this system with extra steps
@@chas1878 maybe the rail problem will be solved at next version, AI auto follow camera man machine, with voice recognition control, for example: voice command like "higher", "closer", the control system will do all of this.
@@yuan.pingchen3056 Actually the ultimate option would be mounting it across the roof. Essentially creating a 3d printer table. He could even like you said put motors and a control system on it.
Alexandre, j'ai regardé votre vidéo avec énormément de plaisir, car en plus d'être fort sympathique, vous êtes un vrai génie. Ce que vous avez réalisé est digne d'un grand ingénieur et mérite le respect. Gustave Eiffel aurait été ravi de faire votre connaissance !!!
This guy is awesome. It would cost hundreds of dollars in labour and materials to model and test everything, but he made it FREE! And, the user experience consideration he put into the design is insane!
10$ for all those files is a steal! Considering how much time you put into this and how much potential buyers you have, this is really nice of you. This is the first video I've seen on your channel and I didn't hesitate to subscribe! Really awesome Video!
OMG, printing time is expected, but consider designing these parts in CAD software 😳 . Man you are amazing 💚. This is the second video of his chanel that I watched and you know what, now he's in my favourite content creators list. Huge respect man. 🙏
My friend, your editing and lighting skills are superb along with several other more subtle elements that are very good. I make Gospel music vids on my channel but I also have a little wood working hobby channel. I only want to say that because I discovered this by having both. Tho the music vids use a lot of special effects etc, I can shoot the elements of the vid until it is what I want. But the shop vids, you basically get one shot at getting it right most of the time. Once a glue up is done so to speak, you don't get to shoot it again if the focus, lighting, angle, you get the picture, aren't correct. Too bad unless you want to make the project over and over again. Not practical. So my point in all my wordiness is simply this, you have a fan here in regard to your video making. But then, with your cleverness in design and presentation along with an appealing amount of energy, my friend, you are headed toward the million sub mark. You're special. Love your channel.
Amazing, the thing is though that makes a lot of noise. That's why on lpw budget film sets jib cranes are still used. They do the same thing but with more control and stay quiet since only movement is on pivot joints. But for a shop, this is perfect.
do i need one of these? no will i ever need one of these? probably not did i watch the whole thing? absolutely actually really liked watching it come together and the final result is really cool
This is amazing and can only imagine the money you saved by making one of these. Perhaps a different shaped part for the camera mount to allow you to do lower shots as it already goes higher than your previous tripod. Think I'd consider a stronger rope to as there is alot of money sat on that arm. Again, fantastic and thank you for sharing.
I'm rewatching several of your videos on holiday ... At home w the kids. I still love this project and reading the comments now I see how several of the channels I love, love it too!!! Great work!
I guess this is the most useful and practical use for a 3d printer I've ever seen. Awesome job! Truly inspiring. I would love to know how much it cost the total project in time and money as well.
Invest in proper rope! And by proper I mean some sailing stuff, as someone whose sailed all my life cheap rope will fail at some stage so always worth it to spend that lil extra
I know I'm not a big UA-camr (yet) and I'm 3k comments behind, but damn, this is some engi-NERDING! I think there should be a montage of the failure parts not to show your weakness but to show resilience! That you did not stop. Not because you had an endless supply of filament but because you are, well you!
I think the only way to fully appreciate this is to have modeled and 3d-printed parts yourself for these types of projects. I've actually given up nowadays, it just takes too long to model and print larger parts. Amazing work!
WE BUILT THIS! What are our learnings? 🤔 Time: We spent about 42 hours including printing and building the camera arm. Costs: We spent about 721€. Mistakes: Make sure the thickness of the aluminium rods is 3mm wall thickness. We bought ones with 4mm and had to grind all conter blocks you slide in the rods. Tube for the conter weight: Try to find a tube that is 2m long and avoid building one made of two parts. This will make the counter weight get stuck in the middle what is likely to break the upper tube holder. List of 3d parts: Since there is no list provided that tells you how often you have to print each part, here a list: * 1. X axis top: 1x * 2. X axis bottom: 1x * 3. Z axis right: 1x * 4. Z axis left: 1x * 5. Tube spacer: 6x * 6. Inner tube mount: 22x * 7. Camera mount: 1x * 8. Top mount: 1x * 9. Pulley wheel: 1x * 10. Bottom mount: 1x * 11. Y mount: 2x * 12. Inner Y mount: 2x * 13-foot: 4x * 14. Concrete mount: 13x * 15. Knob: 3x * 16. Knob lid: 3x * 17. End cap: 2x * 18.Stopper: 4x * 19. Tube connector: 1x * 20. Tube mount top: 1x * 21-tube-mount-bottom: 1x * 22. Spring bottom: 1x * 23. Spring top: 1x * 24-x-axis-back-stop: 1x * 25-weight-tube: 1x * 26. Weight tube lid: 1x * 27. Drill jigs: 1x
Why do we never see your printer situation? It always BLOWS MY MIND just how many parts you have printed for pretty much every video. It's crazy. I'm printing my first organizer box from your plans, just a 1x2 and its going to take 2.5 hours...and you printed like 200 of them for your videos lol. Please show us your secrets!
I live in the United States and I'm pricing this out right now. Without giving away his dimensions, the aluminum is $200 at the 3 places I've priced it online. The 9.2kg/21lbs of PLA (if you have no failures) is $25/1kg of Prusa PLA (which i've never printed with on my CR-10). 10KG - $250. Hardware, cuz there is a ton of them: $25-50. The MDF is also about 50. So $550. Far away from the $10K, but something that I'll be getting over the next few months. I'll print a few pieces and then get more materials.
I love this idea and I would build it if I needed something like this. The engineering and design is clean and you thought of how to adjust for new equipment.
_ David _ assuming you don’t care about color, you’re right. Filament is also sensitive to moisture levels and probably a bunch of other things I don’t even know about, but yeah... constant volume is critical.
If you make an auxiluary base with 4 V flange wheels on the bottom you can clamp the arm base to, lay some tracks down, and you have a camera arm on rails.
3D filament should have costed around 230~USD or around 180-200euros. Then steel and aluminium. Altho he could have made this a lil cheaper if instead of steel weigh he used Sand or Lead. So my guesstimate the whole rig could be made for around 300 to 400bucks. Depending on your location, country, prices around u
@@Tomas970506 his time has value too but as long as he spent less than 400hrs of HIS time, he came in cheaper than it would have cost to buy. This obviously varies based on how much your time is worth in real money.
@@critnerd5681 Oh exactly! I never said anything about his time being with no value just because I realised that this is a hobby of his and that time has a way different value :) Just look at his face all giggly
Tomas the prusament he used is WAAAY more expensive than that. He’s probably got $1000 at least into this build. Most likely considerably more, as all those failed or test prints also cost money. Still worth it though! This is more than the sum of its components. He’s created a tool he will use and modify for many years to come!
I don't comment that often but I had to make an exception for this dude. I watch a whole lot of makers and I absolutely love people making stuff. Your things are just an amazing blend of all types of "making" and I love how. The fact you use 3d printed parts, concrete, wood, metal all in the same project just seamlessly, nice!
An excellent example of product design, well thought out, with anticipation of part tolerance and future use compensation built-in. A most enjoyable engineering build experience. Thank you for sharing.
Dude, this is amazing! Great design.
Thanks man ✌️
He got the idea from me :D
_That's high praise!_
I have been watching so many of your videos recently so funny to see you here
@@achappel Precise work from you. Can you also say how much money that will cost? (roughly)
Man that hole drilling jig is genius. In fact, the whole lot is. I need one!
nice seeing you here ;)
The bearings make no sense tho lol. At least functionally
@@chas1878 With the inner race of the bearing being able to rotate with the drill bit if the drill angle was slightly off, there's very little chance this will cause any damage to the the guide bearing, if it was just a s/steel/alloy/steel guide spacer instead, there is the possibility of the drill bit biting into the jig surface causing a misaligned hole if you were slightly off with the drilling angle, so imo it does actually have a function, cool project
@@antc1609 the biggest benefit in use comes from the material being hardened. It's not fixed to the drill and the drill moves axially too so the benefit you mentioned must be minor I imagine. The one point that has to be mentioned is that Chinese ball bearings are dirt cheap, cheaper than getting a hunk of Steal and boring it to a specific diameter. Nevermind hardening it
@@chas1878 Yeah I think the bearings just happened to be the right size for this purpose.
I'm never going to make one of these, but am very impressed at what this guy has done. He makes it sound so easy, but that is very classy product design, beautifully executed.
DUDE. It's gorgeous and functional and wonderful. GOODNESS. You're amazing and I hope I can meet you one day.
and.... now you want one :D
Joel, you need one of these. Just saying.
@@ToddRafferty I VERY MUCH DO.
Thanks dude ✌️ I'd love to hang out one day 🤓
Awesome how many VIPs are commenting here.
Such an epic build! Also, so easy to swap parts around for future upgrades 😀
Thanks guys ✌️
And now I'll be waiting for a video where E&K make one!
@@noamtsvi Evan is probably losing his mind over the STL files right this moment. "OMG Katelyn, OMG, we need more printers! This thing is going to be like 200 pounds of filament!"
I can hear Evan saying, "Katelyn I'm building this".
OMG man I had no idea the files for this were available. I just saw Joel was printing the parts. Picking them up for myself! AMAZING PROJECT!
I'm not seeing a camera arm video in Joel's list
He said in the video he had the link to DL all the files for this project
@@EmoFox9 they're not free though
Still astounds me your channel is so "small" given what you're capable of and the lengths you go to in your videos - Absolute A grade material as always! 👌
Have you considered doing collabs with anyone?
In my opinion this channel will grow rapidly. The clips Alex' made are high quality nowadays and he increases the quality by little techniques like the camera crane in this season. Think in a few month, he will crack the half million subs border!
@@migaelz That being said, I love the combination of all these techniques into one channel. Exactly what I'm here for.
@Lernen mit Robin - yeah, I've seen it happen with other channels before.... as soon as youtubes algorithm starts catching on and starts recommending it on the trending page - some channels started to grow exponentially in a short amount of time.... and video quality + content will always shine. which he definitely delivers. 😎👍
Very cool design and seems very handy. It's amazing how much time just moving a camera around can take. One suggestion for you given the amount of 3D printing time this took - if your space can support it I'd recommend getting a plasma table and a sheet metal bender. Many of your 3D printed parts could be made in a matter of minutes from plasma cut and bent sheet metal. Even if you need a complicated 3D printed interface shape, many times 90% of the structure can still be sheet metal which will save you oodles of time.
This guy knows what he is talking about. I have absolutely no technical input, but I would trust this man with my life if it depended on engineering.
But frankly, we all can see you are massively biased toward using sheet metal! #Plasmacuttersharpiemarker
Love both of your channels Stuff Made Here and Alexandre Chappel!
I started reading this comment and was like, huh, plasma cutting and bending sheet metal? Doesn't that Stuff Made Here guy do all that? Then I looked at the comment author. X-D Love your stuff btw. Thank you for braving the hairdressing robots for the rest of us!
Excited for your next video
How highly do you have to value your time to justify replacigng a $300 printer with a several thousand dollar plasma cutter? Especially when that isn't 'time spent working', but 'time spent not having whatever my latest project it is complete'.
Seriously blown away. Made my husband and my youngest son (who is learning engineering, 3d modeling, metal work and woodwork in school) watch it. Separately. So I've watched it 3 times. Then bought the plans and priced it out.
You make it seem easy ;) Great work! You'll build one for us too, right?
Thanks guys! Haha suuuuure 😅
@@achappel why don’t you sell a kit with injection molded parts? I would buy one. 😉
Man, this is such a great design. Amazed at all the intricate parts and modeled pieces. Great job!
Thanks dude ✌️
Wow, 4 years ago! How did I miss that?
I'm happy you've mentioned it in your nuts/bolts clearance boards video.
"If you can't make it perfect, make it adjustable."
BTW, you should ask around the youtube community about automating it. You would only need 3 axis, up/down, in/out, and tilt. If you did it, you could get some amazing time laps footage.
@@PhilipPetrunak True, he should make a collab with some arduino guy
This is the most epic one person, 3D printed, project I’ve ever seen.
some guy printed a ridable tank. both about as equally epic imo altho this is actually useful... unlike the plastic tank :D
somebody who finally utilizes 3D printing for what it's supposed for. instead of gazillion nerds wasting hours of printing stupid plastic cups or cheapo plastic toys..... his industrial design background clearly gives him some advantage here.... and the pristine video editing = perfect match.....
Temple Rea as mentioned earlier, search for Ivan Miranda and his one man red tank printed on his self built huge 3D Printer. But besides him, yes, this one here is quite a huge project!
What CAD Software do you / does Alexandre use?
For the sake of your camera, please change the way you are holding the concrete block. Creep from the constant load will likely cause the brackets you printed to eventually give way (if fatigue from the vibrations over the floor don't get them first). Best case is you notice it starting to drag (since it looks pretty close to the floor), or it breaks while the camera isn't at full extend. If you had cast a hole in the center of the weight, possibly with a counter bore, you could have used a single bolt that would never break. Maybe add a few holes to the base and string paracord like ribbon on a present as backup now? Simple metal pipe hanger tape screwed underneath? It doesn't all have to be 3D printed. Very cool build. Enjoy your new creative freedom!
"In case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm really happy about this".............................your joy is palpable, your pride is evident, and I have enjoyed each and every moment of this creation. Kudos to you and your amazing talents, and thanks for sharing your passion!
Built something with bearings on aluminium extrusion recently (finished a few weeks ago). I recommend either using nylon bearing wheels, or putting a UHMW tape between the bearing and the bearing, as the bearings are made from very hard steel, and the aluminium made from... relatively very soft aluminium, your bearings will wear a track in no time. It also quietens their operation considerably!
Also, what are the blockers to offering these for sale?
Came to the comments to say this: definitely put some uhmw tape on those surfaces. You can already see the steel polishing the aluminum, which is nothing but wear.
yeah, i imagine the bearings from 3d printers would be better than just metal bearings. the rubber ones would need to be the same size as the metal ones he used now though. so might not be able to swap them out. kinda odd that he didnt use them in the first place, given that he owns a 3d printer and must deal with them every day.
Linear bearing would be overkill..... is nylon hard enough for aluminium surface? Would anodizing those profiles fist help?
@@cthulpiss The aluminum would need to be hard anodized but that's expensive and more complicated. The best option is to modify the design of the the brackets holding the ball bearings so they can fit small nylon or polyurethane bearings.
Something like this: www.bearingscanada.com/PU8X22X7-2RS-Polyurethane-Rubber-8x22x7-p/PU8X22X7-2RS.htm?gclid=CjwKCAjw-5v7BRAmEiwAJ3DpuFVF0Uw6cuR4zvAexkXkmBi421AfmWDmv2TM1kXOmHsxR7oL97vsGBoCX6cQAvD_BwE
@@OU81TWO The guy got a lathe. You know what those can do pretty good? Very round sleeves out of soft materials. I'd just take some ptfe stock and put a sleeve ring over the bearings.
people should know this is pure art.
most people have forgotten building things had considered as art in the past and this built is way more artistic than lots of music,films or painings out there
From an engineer: very professional design. You could miss brakes at the wheels, but otherwise the concept demonstrates a lot of insight and skill.
I dont like this brakes on wheels. Wheel does not move, but still can rotate on vertical axis.
I would add 3-4x fix-posts. Those you just screw in to touch the ground and lift a whole part on couple of millimeters.
@@TushhsuT it is a good solution too. I would suggest the kind which have a quick lever instead a thread to lift.
@@Auracanal you right! Lever is much faster and actually more predictable. Probably a bit harder in engineering, but after doing Such a design should not be a problem.
Lots of dumb engineers out there so doesnt make you special
@@smashyrashy It makes me a professional in designing things at least. Being an unrequired hater does not make anyone special either.
Great build, really interesting how you overcame a number of potential problems.
I'd love to see a video about how you go about designing this in your 3D software
Holy ...this is incredible. I'd love to see Adam Savage build his take of this for Tested
I am actually speechless. I can only imagine the amount of time that went into the 3d design of the parts and sketching the project and it's features.
This is truly the most impressive thing I have seen so far, with 3d printed parts and wonder how the price/performance compares to the $10,000 dollar "toy".
The most fun thing about this video is your genuine and relatable excitement over the outcome and functional success of the project. Huge thanks for sharing the files!
$10 bucks is a steal, happy to support!
With all the time it took to make this project, I'd say it's worth at least 10,000 dollars if not more
@@noamtsvi Right? It's amazing what people can do to help each other when money isn't a concern.
@@noamtsvi The 300hours are 300 printing hours. Because 3d printers take a lot of time to print out objects. But if you go online and see that you can buy good quality pla for printing, and spend lower than 20 bucks on it it's well worth the time. You get this for 10 bucks he basically did all the workd for you, printing would take way less probably because we're not testing it first time as he did, for sure you could sell these for a good price if you find the market for it.
@@squirrelhallowino29 what I meant is for him, with all the time he put into research, planning, designing and testing. For him it's not really cheaper.
For people like us that just need to download and print, definitely we would save a ton of money
@@noamtsvi I mean man, i don't know about that.. My family don't make 10k in 300 hours of work
I am Cuban and I do not speak English, despite that I see all your videos, in order to write to you I must use a translator, I just want to tell you that you are a genius, you are admirable, you are simply inspiration, I congratulate you on this great work, I would buy yours and not the original, blessings. un abrazo...
My mind is blown to pieces watching this video. This is some colossal level engineering coming from an home workshop. The pin point precise measurements, every part fitting in perfectly like god damn Lego pieces. You are a genius man. Honestly, I'm blown away.
Couple of stepper motors to remotely move the arms it and the thing would be awesome
.Strip a cheap 3d printer down , and you could control it with octoprint and program movement with g code for time lapses and the like
lol. Why? 2 motors. One arduino nano/ESP8266 and some simple programming and you can controll this thing via website...
That's a great idea even though it probably isn't necessary. I made a motorized camera slider but I'm not really using it that much for timelapses and moving actually. It would be awesome though.
if you dont make the base remote controlled as well then you arnt trying hard enough. :P
It would be cool if he motorized it, and added some kind of axis for roll and pitch. Only issue i could imagine is the belt slipping when he's trying to record something, but i mean it looks great, and seems to function pretty well.
tbh i think it would be better to invest in some brushless stepper motors, they are quieter, faster and more powerful. Adding some how also some drivability of some kind, maybe by replacing the wheels with rails you could motorize that too and have like mkbhd fancy camera robot but like diy and cheap. Could be very useful to be able to make repeatable shots with amazing stability. Could be cool also if focus and zoom controll would be added for more flexibility.
The thought, design, details... I'm just blown away with this project in every aspect. Many congrats, this is truly inspiring work.
Never seen your videos before! You instantly gained a Sub. Nice energy, nice editing, creative projects. Just 10/10.
HA! This is the second person in the last month that has made a DIY version of my Foba camera stand! Nicely done Alexandre!
who else did it?
@_ David _ Sorry for the confusion, I'm not claiming the design. I'm literally the guy at 00:13. I didn't design it, I just bought one off craigslist. And a couple people have referenced mine in their builds.
@@anoirbentanfous Atilla's Workshop, video here: ua-cam.com/video/bYGx96VFm9c/v-deo.html
@@RobertCowanDIY Atilla's is nice, but way more labor intensive in my mind. Alex's use of the 3d printed parts, #1, makes assembly much easier, I think a caveman could do it, #2, it looks so well made it almost looks like a commercially made piece. Now granted, I wonder how much time both guys invested in just planning and designing the builds. Alex's is sort of a plug and play. I agree with what some of the other people have said about him adding steppers to raise and lower and move in and out for those dramatic time lapse moving shots.
@@larryhampton9069 I'm not at ALL trying to minimize the work that Alexandre has done here, don't interpret my comment as such. But his is much different than a 'real' camera stand. It's very much a lightweight version of it, which is much more practical. The 'real' ones are around 300 pounds and you don't have to worry about them tipping even with the heaviest equipment. His appears to be a bit wobbly and not as stable. It is a bit more accessible, but it's further from the commercial versions. I can literally do pull-ups on mine when fully extended. No judgements, just saying it's a bit different.
Really really nice!! Good job!! And lots of Spacers!!!
Funny that i'm a subscriber of your channel so I'm into that joke 🤣
Pretty sure I got recommended this video because of Ivan's channel :)
Seriously, I heard you voice shouting "SPACERS" every damn time he said it.
@@HardCoil SPACERS!
I love this video I wish I could find more videos that have this kind of ingenuity that mix 3d printing and metal fabrication to make useful stuff I'm already a subscriber to Ivan Miranda, Makers Muse, and 3D Printing Nerd does anyone know of anymore UA-cam or LBRY Channels like them?
The real gem of this video is that guide block to cut holes in angles. Very impressive!
Dude. I love this. Thrilled to have stumbled into your channel
First video of his that I've seen, now I'm hooked
Not sure if this would fit in your van Levi 😂
A motorized version of this would be crazy, using kwyframes with this would enable you to create really cool looking shots
ikr!!! this shit is already amazing but think of the possibilities!!
With motion tracking...
and the way its designed would make this quite easy
@@asderidelp All you'd really need to do to motorize the Z-axis is to attach a stepper Motor to the pulley on top. Pretty low effort and would allow some cool effects already. The horizontal axis would be more complicated, not sure how to tackle that.
@@SpaceMarshalGyorni "all" bruh theres alot to do for that.
This is so cool!!!!! I love that you shows us how you can use a 3D printer and some aluminum stock to create something that would otherwise cost THOUSANDS of dollars!!! THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAKER. You sir are very resourceful! Cheers!
Just in one word: AMAZING
This was amazing! If I had the space and did these kind of videos I'd definitely build one of these myself! Very cool!
He’s three words: an Ingenious engineer. UA-cam will make him very rich and he deserves it. This is hobby and pleasure combined. Some are lucky to call it their job. Thanks for sharing your work man.
It's amazing to see how many other DIY type UA-camrs have watched, enjoyed and then commented on this video.
You've done a great job mate. Have subbed to see more like this!
As a camera guy I'm really jealous right now! Amazingly awesome great perfect job!!!
Edit : Is it possible to mount the screen on the vertical bars? (so the operator doesn't need to follow when moving)
Just wow. The amount of engineering and design that went into this is amazing. This guy is a pro obviously, and you don't just wake up one morning and do this without some serious thought and planning. Great job!
This is seriously one of the most impressive builds I've ever seen on youtube. Sjukt bra jobbat!
This channel is so underrated!
The exploitative economics of professional equipment never cease to amaze me.
So true! The moment it says PRO it costs 3-5x consumer price, then when it says ENTERPRISE it costs 10-20x and usually is out of date as hell
This man's a hero. We must protect him at all costs!
This is just amazing work and as someone that designs and works with 3dprinters I can just imagine how much work and time this took. Amazing! I'm filming my videos with my phone and I'm in the making of a a mount to attach my phone to one of those adjustable IKEA lamps. Super budget version of this lol
This guy is the definition of building and designers properly.
The amount of planning this man put into this is mind boggling. Well played good sir.
Dude you should totally add a motor to control the camera's position remotely. Love your videos and great work!
My mind was blown several in this video... so much thought going into this and the balance and weight distributing is unreal... 😱
Kudos Alexandre! I was a commercial photographer in the early 90's and no studio was complete without a rolling camera stand. They were unaffordably expensive back then too so I made my own from wood (with drawer glides as bearings). It served me well for many years but I ditched it when I exited the profession. I'm shooting a lot lately and thought I'd see what people have come up with recently and found your video. I just purchased the plans and am making this! Quick question... what infill density do you recommend for the parts when printing?
Really cool! Great design. Would be cool to see a smaller wall mounted version as well. Glad to see that Prusa doing good work.
The problem with mounting it to the wall is that you can't retract the arm. So you basically just have a camera on a stick attached to a hinge. Unless you make a sled for the camera but then the rails would get in the way of the shot. Pretty unpractical. You could attach a long rod vertically on the sled but then it's just this system with extra steps
@@chas1878 it will be possible if the tubing are retractable like multi stage hydraulic cylinder are
@@chas1878 maybe the rail problem will be solved at next version, AI auto follow camera man machine, with voice recognition control, for example: voice command like "higher", "closer", the control system will do all of this.
@@yuan.pingchen3056 Actually the ultimate option would be mounting it across the roof. Essentially creating a 3d printer table. He could even like you said put motors and a control system on it.
Alexandre, j'ai regardé votre vidéo avec énormément de plaisir, car en plus d'être fort sympathique, vous êtes un vrai génie. Ce que vous avez réalisé est digne d'un grand ingénieur et mérite le respect. Gustave Eiffel aurait été ravi de faire votre connaissance !!!
This guy deserves a lot more subscribers then he has.
This is a dream. Good job!
This guy is awesome. It would cost hundreds of dollars in labour and materials to model and test everything, but he made it FREE! And, the user experience consideration he put into the design is insane!
10$ for all those files is a steal! Considering how much time you put into this and how much potential buyers you have, this is really nice of you. This is the first video I've seen on your channel and I didn't hesitate to subscribe!
Really awesome Video!
how high would he need to price the files in your opinion for them to not feel like a steal?
@@Gabriel-us7gi even if the files were free, his main income would still be youtube due to all his awesome followers. 10$ is perfect.
17:43 "that's so cool" he says before he even sees the super cool footage he's getting with buttery smooth and stable footage
Just simply GENIUS. Your projects are beyond creative and innovative. PRINTER PLEASE!!!! Printing custom holders for the workshop and kitchen.
One of the best DIY projects i've ever seen on youtube. Great job mate.
You sir, made it to my personal DIY Film Equipment playlist.
OMG, printing time is expected, but consider designing these parts in CAD software 😳 . Man you are amazing 💚.
This is the second video of his chanel that I watched and you know what, now he's in my favourite content creators list. Huge respect man. 🙏
My friend, your editing and lighting skills are superb along with several other more subtle elements that are very good. I make Gospel music vids on my channel but I also have a little wood working hobby channel. I only want to say that because I discovered this by having both. Tho the music vids use a lot of special effects etc, I can shoot the elements of the vid until it is what I want. But the shop vids, you basically get one shot at getting it right most of the time. Once a glue up is done so to speak, you don't get to shoot it again if the focus, lighting, angle, you get the picture, aren't correct. Too bad unless you want to make the project over and over again. Not practical. So my point in all my wordiness is simply this, you have a fan here in regard to your video making. But then, with your cleverness in design and presentation along with an appealing amount of energy, my friend, you are headed toward the million sub mark. You're special. Love your channel.
Where’s your checkmart
@@LinusSyb Checkmart? not sure what you mean.
Amazing, the thing is though that makes a lot of noise. That's why on lpw budget film sets jib cranes are still used. They do the same thing but with more control and stay quiet since only movement is on pivot joints. But for a shop, this is perfect.
Next step - install servomotors.
This
CNC camera. dope
No
@@CrashandLearnFPV what?
too overkill honestly
Can we take a moment to appreciate how WELL TUNED this mans printer is? Those prints look amazing!
Yeah came here to say that as well, they are flawless but huge prints, those are really hard to pull off!
do i need one of these? no
will i ever need one of these? probably not
did i watch the whole thing? absolutely
actually really liked watching it come together and the final result is really cool
This is insane ! What a 3d printed masterpiece :o
Shame that it took so long. That means the next project video is a loooong way to go.
This is amazing and can only imagine the money you saved by making one of these.
Perhaps a different shaped part for the camera mount to allow you to do lower shots as it already goes higher than your previous tripod.
Think I'd consider a stronger rope to as there is alot of money sat on that arm.
Again, fantastic and thank you for sharing.
I'm rewatching several of your videos on holiday ... At home w the kids. I still love this project and reading the comments now I see how several of the channels I love, love it too!!! Great work!
Great build!
One question though: any thoughts on steel bearing eating through soft aluminium alloy profiles ?
Some rubber berring covers are in order, would help with the horrid rubbing sound too.
I guess this is the most useful and practical use for a 3d printer I've ever seen. Awesome job! Truly inspiring. I would love to know how much it cost the total project in time and money as well.
I just discovered your channel few days ago and I'm watching your videos over and over.
Congratulations
This was a 25 minute smile for me and now my face hurts xD
Alex the food guy needs to meet this guy.
I love this guy! He encounters a problem, and fixes it with 3D printing!
Great Vid!!
Invest in proper rope! And by proper I mean some sailing stuff, as someone whose sailed all my life cheap rope will fail at some stage so always worth it to spend that lil extra
Truee and using the right knots! I couldn't tell exactly what you used though.
I want one, NOW :D Amazing work
I know I'm not a big UA-camr (yet) and I'm 3k comments behind, but damn, this is some
engi-NERDING!
I think there should be a montage of the failure parts not to show your weakness but to show resilience! That you did not stop. Not because you had an endless supply of filament but because you are, well you!
I don't have words for how amaing this is.
Now if only someone started using these parts to make diy kits.
They can, that's the magic of 3d printing 😊
I think the only way to fully appreciate this is to have modeled and 3d-printed parts yourself for these types of projects.
I've actually given up nowadays, it just takes too long to model and print larger parts.
Amazing work!
That's so cool! I'm betting that Adam Savage is going to make a 1 day build of one of these.
WE BUILT THIS! What are our learnings? 🤔
Time: We spent about 42 hours including printing and building the camera arm.
Costs: We spent about 721€.
Mistakes: Make sure the thickness of the aluminium rods is 3mm wall thickness. We bought ones with 4mm and had to grind all conter blocks you slide in the rods.
Tube for the conter weight: Try to find a tube that is 2m long and avoid building one made of two parts. This will make the counter weight get stuck in the middle what is likely to break the upper tube holder.
List of 3d parts: Since there is no list provided that tells you how often you have to print each part, here a list:
* 1. X axis top: 1x
* 2. X axis bottom: 1x
* 3. Z axis right: 1x
* 4. Z axis left: 1x
* 5. Tube spacer: 6x
* 6. Inner tube mount: 22x
* 7. Camera mount: 1x
* 8. Top mount: 1x
* 9. Pulley wheel: 1x
* 10. Bottom mount: 1x
* 11. Y mount: 2x
* 12. Inner Y mount: 2x
* 13-foot: 4x
* 14. Concrete mount: 13x
* 15. Knob: 3x
* 16. Knob lid: 3x
* 17. End cap: 2x
* 18.Stopper: 4x
* 19. Tube connector: 1x
* 20. Tube mount top: 1x
* 21-tube-mount-bottom: 1x
* 22. Spring bottom: 1x
* 23. Spring top: 1x
* 24-x-axis-back-stop: 1x
* 25-weight-tube: 1x
* 26. Weight tube lid: 1x
* 27. Drill jigs: 1x
Why do we never see your printer situation? It always BLOWS MY MIND just how many parts you have printed for pretty much every video. It's crazy. I'm printing my first organizer box from your plans, just a 1x2 and its going to take 2.5 hours...and you printed like 200 of them for your videos lol. Please show us your secrets!
What would be the total cost of such a project? (filament + tubing + weights + bolts + ...)
I live in the United States and I'm pricing this out right now.
Without giving away his dimensions, the aluminum is $200 at the 3 places I've priced it online. The 9.2kg/21lbs of PLA (if you have no failures) is $25/1kg of Prusa PLA (which i've never printed with on my CR-10). 10KG - $250. Hardware, cuz there is a ton of them: $25-50. The MDF is also about 50.
So $550. Far away from the $10K, but something that I'll be getting over the next few months. I'll print a few pieces and then get more materials.
@@rachel.the.riveter electricity
He is the coolest guy in all the 3D printing I saw on UA-cam by now
I love this idea and I would build it if I needed something like this. The engineering and design is clean and you thought of how to adjust for new equipment.
Make a Device for recycling unused 3d Printed parts
The challenge with that is ending up with good filament when you’re done. It’s not easy!
_ David _ assuming you don’t care about color, you’re right. Filament is also sensitive to moisture levels and probably a bunch of other things I don’t even know about, but yeah... constant volume is critical.
"Granted it doesn't AS low as the other one..."
Reprint the end to make it possible to mount the camera underneath the arm too.
I was thinking the exact same thing or just use a 2nd magic arm.
or an indexed, 360 degree rotation unit to orientate the camera at any angle in space on the end of the arm...
If you make an auxiluary base with 4 V flange wheels on the bottom you can clamp the arm base to, lay some tracks down, and you have a camera arm on rails.
very impressive! "3d printers are just toys and can't make anything useful" hah
Sadly a Lot of people cant use CAD and Just Print stuff from thingiverse...
Said only by the people that have no idea about engineering
You're now the envy of 99% of other UA-cam creators... But, what did it cost to make it?
3D filament should have costed around 230~USD or around 180-200euros. Then steel and aluminium. Altho he could have made this a lil cheaper if instead of steel weigh he used Sand or Lead. So my guesstimate the whole rig could be made for around 300 to 400bucks. Depending on your location, country, prices around u
@@Tomas970506 Which is already 9600 bucks less than the 10k he saw online for a rig like this
@@Tomas970506 his time has value too but as long as he spent less than 400hrs of HIS time, he came in cheaper than it would have cost to buy. This obviously varies based on how much your time is worth in real money.
@@critnerd5681 Oh exactly! I never said anything about his time being with no value just because I realised that this is a hobby of his and that time has a way different value :) Just look at his face all giggly
Tomas the prusament he used is WAAAY more expensive than that. He’s probably got $1000 at least into this build. Most likely considerably more, as all those failed or test prints also cost money. Still worth it though! This is more than the sum of its components. He’s created a tool he will use and modify for many years to come!
I don't comment that often but I had to make an exception for this dude.
I watch a whole lot of makers and I absolutely love people making stuff. Your things are just an amazing blend of all types of "making" and I love how. The fact you use 3d printed parts, concrete, wood, metal all in the same project just seamlessly, nice!
1:20 Ivan Miranda would like to know your location
There's quite some makers that already saw and commented this video, I hope he watches it too! 👌🏽
he forgot to print everything in red though lol
He Looks like the Yoga Instructor in GTA Story Mode
At least he’s not flirting around. 🙌
this is one of the coolest 3d printing video I ever seen. I totally exhausted height and angle calibration with tripod. salute!
caletova radionica :D
I kind of want to buy the digital files for this just to reward the incredible hard work behind it all.
An excellent example of product design, well thought out, with anticipation of part tolerance and future use compensation built-in. A most enjoyable engineering build experience. Thank you for sharing.
Me looking at the title. "This either is $10 and he is very accurate in price or, he's European and this costs $10,000."
I don’t understand what you mean
@@florixplace6896 Uniq Media is talking about the comma as delimiter in the digit grouping.
@@gruefy Oh, you mean his use of the correct delimiter? ;)
Just bought the plans, excited to make this.