Hardware needed for cablecam

[Fergal]

..for making one of these for my non-porn MTB movie:
http://www.cablecam.org/forum/download/file.php?id=35
I need some of this square aluminim tubing and stuff - anybody have any in their shed?
or where i can get some cheap?
Also-I'm looking for some small rollers - not sure if the inline skate wheels
like this one uses will work as I'm likely gonna use fishing line monofilament to run it on
cheers big ears

[Sean]

Would 2 of these (http://www.greatoutdoors.ie/shopping_admin/product_details/product.cgi?product=CEP006&cat=Climbing%20Equipment&sub=Climbing--Climbing%20Essentials%20-%20Pulleys) work for the rollers?
I'm sure they can be had a lot cheaper on t'interwebs.
You'd probably have to go to an engineering suppliers/fabricators for the alu square section, but you could probably as easily make it from wood, no?

[paddyobrien]

for rollers something like sean linked to or pulleys like you'd get at a sailing or climbing shop (or any sport involving ropes ... except bondage stuff!!)

And yeah, wood would be best to begin with anyway .. perfect the design and then make it indestructable

[Scrivo]

Would it be simpler to get a climbing harness to begin with before making one of those frames? It would be shaky enough I'd imagine but would be cheap and quick to set up.

[Sean]

Not necessarily - you need to have a lot more rigging for sending a person along a rope (a bigger rope for starters (10mm static rope) which are expensive) plus some way of controlling their speed, plus a path clear enough for them to slide through, plus some way of getting them to hold the camera steady.
A rig would make things an awfull lot simpler, and safer.

But what is all this for???

[Morgan]

You can buy lengths of aluminium (box section and flat) in B&Q that would do the job nicely - check with our inside man. I might have some of the flat strips for making the pully-holder bits in my shed.

[Richie Byrne]

I can loan you a rope..however you might want to talk to SHAM on our forum..he does this kind of thing for a living..
I'm not speaking to Morgan..i forgot to invite him to our AGM..and he didn't bother his arse gatecrashing..so i'm not sure if i should apologise or give him a bollocking !!

[Fergal]

nice one engineering fiends
I won't be sending someone along it - just the camera
and the pulleys need to be one-sided so it'll be easy to just hook them onto the line
keep those out-of-your-box ideas coming .....

[Conor]

I might have monofil somewhere, 50lb strength. But it tends to stretch quite a bit. How long are you thinking? I have wire too, but maybe only 10mts or so. (I used to do sea fishing in a previous life, thats why I have all this stuff.)

[Fergal]

hmmm- I used to do a lot of coarse fishing - I must sell all my gear and buy a new bike - what about braided line? does that stretch less?

[Scrivo]

Your not sending anybody down the zip line?!?!?! Ah Fergal!!! Wheres the fun in this??

[Fergal]

well maybe, but he'd need to be fierce skinny......

[Scrivo]

Callin me fat?? ;)

[paddyobrien]

young corson is expendable

[ciaranc]

I'm bloody right here , and im not THAT skinny anymore , thought i'll give it a try for fun :D . Hovever i weigh an astonishing 10.5 stone .....

[paddyobrien]

i never said you were skinny ... just expendable!

[shane]

what abot mr downey

he needs a thril ride once and a while all that time on the road bike surely will do him good

[Cormac]

will your video end up something like this?


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eNgDREl25WY

[Fergal]

I hope so - heavy metal and chicks and drinking, forget about the biking, is this really Cormac I'm talking to?

[shane]

something like this


not quiet finished but give me time

[Martin]

a little secret fergal shane is pretty good at the metal work!!

[shane]

oh and all i need to buy is two castors as i am not making a set

as it is to much work on a lathe

and i am spending alot of time on it as is with my lc project

[Fergal]

good one Shane, now rememeber that low centre of gravity / stabilising effect we talked about...

[Richie]

will your video end up something like this?


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eNgDREl25WY

Awesome tune - ACDC and ACBC rock