Official Automotive Rigs - DIY Thread

for those using magnetic rigs, much low can a car be?

hey guys i have been watching this thread with great interest over the last few months and recently put together a rig of my own.

the main tubing is made up of 1.5inch aluminium tube in 5ft section which is flanged at one end allowing the top of one to connect to the bottom of the other. i then drilled holes and add bolts to stop the sections coming apart. the good part is this rig is really portable

this was the result of my first test and i am pretty pleased with the result, i just need to find an area with flatter ground as it was a bit bumpy in places

these were all shot just using 2 lengths of tube i have another 2 more

Thats the same as my boom setup junglejim, but my sleeves are welded.

nice rig shots jungle.. i think they would look alot better if you werent looking at the camera on some of those.. LOL!

but like i said those are some nice rig shots..

flapzap wrote in post #7404662
Not sure about that one.

The arm in this combo pack is the one I just ordered....its the 143N magic arm.

http://www.oktagon.co.​id …aspx?Product=89​9130101279

Not sure if they have it with just the arm or not

owwhh i see... um i think i'm gonna order that one (244RC) coz it holds enough for my cam , max load is 4.0 kg don't know it's good or bad for my rig hahhaa... will report that if the rig done

Jungle_JIm wrote in post #7407217
hey guys i have been watching this thread with great interest over the last few months and recently put together a rig of my own.

the main tubing is made up of 1.5inch aluminium tube in 5ft section which is flanged at one end allowing the top of one to connect to the bottom of the other. i then drilled holes and add bolts to stop the sections coming apart. the good part is this rig is really portable

nice tutorial... will try some on my future rig ahhaah anyway good idea on the tube connection

DonNguyen wrote in post #7406807
for those using magnetic rigs, how low can a car be?

oops...my grammar sucks....FIXED

it all depends how your rig is set up... there really isnt one set height.

i have my stuff so i can adjust it accordinly..if hte car ir super low i can bring it up, if it tall and certain stuff goes past the frame i can extend it.. etc etc...

Well here is my second attempt and had to deal with a huge amount of bounce this time around. I think this was caused by the bonnet of the car not being particulary big so the cups were mounted quite close together. I also shot these on my own so I wasn't able to steady the camera by hand.

saturnin wrote in post #7418036
it all depends how your rig is set up... there really isnt one set height.

i have my stuff so i can adjust it accordinly..if hte car ir super low i can bring it up, if it tall and certain stuff goes past the frame i can extend it.. etc etc...

thanks Saturnin...I guess i'll have to do a little playing around

also, what magic arm would you guys recommend?

i have manfrottooooooooooooo one

i just got my new magic arm in today! i cant wait to get it on the rig, its so much better than the one i have now

which model? there are a couple different ones available