Roll around monopod
Aug 26, 2020 16:08:00 #
I thoroughly enjoy sitting on our back porch and taking pics of all the little 4-legged critters and birds that avail themselves of the sunflower seeds I toss out. Invariably something is just out of twist-around capability for my hefty waist. So, I’ve been wanting to try something like this.
Twenty dollar mechanics stool from Harbor Freight (on sale), piece of Fiberglas from a tool handle I broke a few years ago, piece of sanded down PVC to slide into handle, leftover piece of oak for lower clamp (screwed to base of stool top), tool knob from somewhere, homemade clamp & knob, and ball head I bought several years ago at garage sale.
Works even better than I’d hoped. I can just spin around to whatever direction I want/need, or I can just pull it up to whatever chair I’m sitting in.
Ron
Twenty dollar mechanics stool from Harbor Freight (on sale), piece of Fiberglas from a tool handle I broke a few years ago, piece of sanded down PVC to slide into handle, leftover piece of oak for lower clamp (screwed to base of stool top), tool knob from somewhere, homemade clamp & knob, and ball head I bought several years ago at garage sale.
Works even better than I’d hoped. I can just spin around to whatever direction I want/need, or I can just pull it up to whatever chair I’m sitting in.
Ron
Aug 26, 2020 16:18:46 #
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Aug 26, 2020 16:20:43 #
cucharared wrote:
I thoroughly enjoy sitting on our back porch and t... (show quote)
Works, but my solution is an old worn office swivel chair. I have a 4x4 foot piece of 3/4" plywood to put in the popup blind to sit the chair on.
Aug 26, 2020 16:22:11 #
cucharared wrote:
I thoroughly enjoy sitting on our back porch and t... (show quote)
kewl idea, but I would put some weight in the bottom tray just in case!!! if one your wheels got scotched somehow as you get up your rig could tip forward .
Aug 26, 2020 17:07:33 #
Aug 26, 2020 18:53:34 #
Just don't get pumped and roll off the edge - gravity rules. I'd have at least a grab rope.
Not as tough as in younger days, but a skosh smarter and more careful.
Not as tough as in younger days, but a skosh smarter and more careful.
Aug 27, 2020 06:07:01 #
Aug 27, 2020 06:19:42 #
cucharared wrote:
I thoroughly enjoy sitting on our back porch and t... (show quote)
GENIUS.....I think you're good to go. Thank you for sharing your tricked-out monopod scooter.......it's superb !
Aug 27, 2020 07:16:17 #
Aug 27, 2020 07:21:45 #
cucharared wrote:
I thoroughly enjoy sitting on our back porch and t... (show quote)
Cool idea. I've had that stool (Mine says Craftsman) for around 20 years. I use it mostly when washing the wheels on the car. It would be perfect when shooting from my front porch.
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Aug 27, 2020 07:57:08 #
Good idea. As my old football knees get older and older, I find things like this more attractive.
I do a lot of squatting and moving forward and backward and laterally while doing horse portraits. Have often thought about some like this stool that also would work on dirt on grass. Probably just a dream for an old
man.
I do a lot of squatting and moving forward and backward and laterally while doing horse portraits. Have often thought about some like this stool that also would work on dirt on grass. Probably just a dream for an old
man.
Aug 27, 2020 08:12:58 #
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