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Two demo DSD Carbon fibre back mounted harnesses for sale. Never used. This is a clearance sale. If you weight between 140lbs and 175lbs one of these is for you. Asking 5000$ ea. Transport bag included. Shipping and handling extra. I also have a used large harness, 185lbs to 205lbs. Asking 4500$. If you are interested in any of these please email me at daniel@danielsauvedesigns.com to obtain a measurement chart and check your fit. All these harnesses originaly priced at 7500$. Daniel

Hi Rob, Thanks for pointing that out, here's another try at that... Daniel

Hello Fellow operators, The DSD website is back online. I have continued making harnesses over the last two years with a minimum of advertisement. Already, I've had operators from Japan, Italy, France, Great Britain and Canada outfitted in new DSD harnesses. The harnesses are all carbon with carbon doors and fine leather trimming, medical air bladders and beafed up aluminium parts in the carbon arm assembly. Check out the new rotating socket block, it allows all existing carbon arms to become ambidextrous and works particularly well in hard mounted situations where fine balance is difficult to achieve. I still offer spring upgrades to 3A and EFP arms along with other modifications to rigs. Join our mailing list to receive a periodical news letter. www.danielsauvedesigns.com You can contact me directly at daniel@danielsauvedesigns.com or by phone at (450) 451-4124. Best Daniel

I have 2 Scorpio control cables for sale, brand new, never used: 1 Arri 435, 535, SR3 lemo 9 pin to lemo 12 pin $165US 1 Arri 3 Lemo 11 pin to Lemo 12 pin cable with constant-variable switch $245US daniel@danielsauvedesigns.com SKYPE: danielsauve

Hello, I have three demos that I wish to sell. Two are small (150lbs to 175lbs) and one is large (190 to 200lbs). The small ones are brand new, never used. One has a small cosmetic imperfection, the other one is the latest manufactured (february 2005). The large one is powder coated purple, I had it at Cinegear last year. All three come with the rotating socket joint (the carbon arm is ambidextrous) and transport bags. Serious buyers only, please. Contact me to obtain a measurement sheet and we can determine which one is right for you. I will not post the sale price but discuss it with interested buyers. For those wondering, DSD is still making harnesses. I have kept a low profile in the last 18 months but I am still manufacturing and selling. The web site will be up soon. If you wish to obtain more information, please contact me at: daniel@danielsauvedesigns.com SKYPE danielsauve (450) 451-4124 Thanks Daniel

Hello BJ, DSD harnesses are now available again. The harness is a Euro style shell with a new improved carbon arm. I beefed up the aluminum parts on the carbon arms as the one manufactured by my ex-partner failed all the tests I put them through. The new DSD harness comes with the new carbon arm, improved shoulder straps that are semi-rigid and a new, fully padded transport bag. New to the design is also an indexing bracket that is mounted to the steadicam arm and allows you to set coarse adjustments to the pitch of the arm. This bracket makes the carbon arm ambidextous (usable on both sides of your body). It also makes all existing Euro style arms ambidextrous. Price for the package is 7500$US I am in the process of updating the web site. Please contact me at daniel@danielsauvedesigns.com for more information. All the best Daniel

Hello Rob, Hello All, There as been a lot of talk about what went on and for the last year I have been struggling to get my business back. Therefore my intention was, is, to let people know where I stand and what I am doing. I also mentionned in my post that I will not talk about the past company further; I am fully aware of what this Forum is designed for. My preocupation about the integrity of parts that were manufactured for my company by someone else is a concern I think deserves its place in this Forum. This product has my name attached to it and was not build properly. If my previous post is out of place, then the administrators of the Forum can erase it if they choose. Many of the operators that read this post are clients of DSD. If I had the database, I would have emailed everyone personnally and soon, that list will be rebuilt, from scratch, so I will do that in further communications... In addition, I think it would be wise to not call the harnesses DSD-Klassen as the harnesses built before were DSD harnesses and the ones I make now are DSD harnesses. Ambidextrous means that both hands can do the same thing. Gordie Howe, a famous Canadian hockey player, was reknowned for being ambidextrous and able to switch his stick from side to side during play. In the case of my harnesses it means that with the new indexing bracket, all Euro style carbon arms can be used on either side of the body. It also allows me to make carbon arms that are straight (no outward pitch to compensate for the mounting pin's limited angle of adjustment). As for the aluminum parts I mentionned, it's imperative when designing and building something that will work under such loads that the parts be tested to know if they can withdstand the pressure. The parts in your harness, Rob, were never tested properly. There are engineering softwares that do this testing and provide accurate measurements about the part's structural integrity. These measurement help determine how the parts is to be built, it provides exact guidelines. The accumulation of micro-fractures is serious business. If your socket block flexes then it is fracturing into small microscopic cracks. These line up along the fault line of a part (basically, along the line where the load is too much for the part to take because it either lacks material or is cut improperly or both). It is serious matter because if a socket block breaks, the sled and arm will fall. While testing a prototype harness once I had a titanium block break because a screw was missing that helped to hold it onto the plate and I did not notice it. The piece that broke flew about 30 feet. No one was in its path, luckily. The sound was like a gunshot. I am not saying that the parts you own will fail. I am saying that these parts failed the testing on the engineering program and therefore the possibility of a failure resulting from accumulated micro-fractures is high. I can't speak for anyone else but as an operator, I want my rig to be solid and problem free, even of potential problems. Some of the problems related by Erwin in his post about hardmounts will be addressed at Cinegear. I have been in talks with George about the mating of the DSD socket block and indexing bracket to the PRO arm. The ones you will see at Cinegear were cut for Tiffen/CP systems. All the best Daniel ps I will have 2 harnesses at Cinegear, a small (150-165lbs) and a medium-large size(185-205lbs)

Hello Fellow Operators, I have the pleasure to announce that DSD is back in business with an improved harness design that includes an all new indexing bracket which makes ALL Euro style arms ambidextrous and a new, low price of $7500US. In the last year, I have been preparing the return of my harness business, the one I started with the intention of offering operators worldwide a better alternative to the front mounted system. There has been much discussion about the split up between myself and my former partner. Actually, it was not a split up but rather I got evicted from the company by the controlling side, with no compensation or even decency in the process. Although I don't wish to expand, I must, however, inform operators within this Forum of the following: When I was removed from my interests in Daniel Sauve Designs inc., I requested a series of informations through my legal counsel. This included technical data that belonged to me as an equal shareholder in the company. This information was denied. Therefore, in the last year, I started up from scratch and had all the parts of the DSD harness re-drawn and rebuilt. In the process, I discoved that almost all the aluminum parts of the carbon arm were built under their work load requirements. The manufacturer of DSD harnesses for the first 5 years, my former partner, made no serious testing of the parts. If you ask him today, I guarantee that he cannot provide you with formal engineering tests for any of his parts. I can. With the help of my engineers, we took the data from the tests that we put the parts through and re-designed the parts until they passed the computer testing. All aluminum parts were beefed up, all pockets properly positionned, all 90 degre cut lines removed with rounds to insure increased structural integrity. If you own a harness manufactured by my former partner, chances are that you are accumulating micro fractures within the aluminum parts (namely the socket block). Does your block flex under load? Please remember this basic rule: a part is only good until it breaks. I strongly recommend to all DSD owners of harnesses not manufactured by me to request an upgrade of all aluminum parts from its manufacturer. The other option is a new DSD carbon arm. I wish, on this forum today, to publicly dissassociate myself from this manufacturer. If you are a former client of mine though DSD inc. (I was denied all the customer database), please contact me via email to obtain further information. I will make the results of the test available to owners. The new DSD harness is a Euro style harness with some major improvements. With the old harness, I noticed that the shoulder straps were too soft and did not help at keeping the top of the shell properly aligned. If you look at it under load, you will notice a fold in the strap. I have corrected this with semi-rigid straps. Furthermore and most importantly, the problem of the one sided carbon arm is resolved. I will unveil at Cinegear the new DSD indexing bracket (patent pending) that makes all existing Euro style carbon arms ambidextrous. The new carbon arms have no outward inclination in them. The harness comes with a really tough and lined transport bag. In addition, you will now be able to order any color for your harness as I now offer a powder coating option. You can even order a custom paint job if you wish. On top of it all, the new harness has a single piece foam pad and new inflatable bladder from the medical industry (as opposed to a cheap single chamber bladder). It is my intention to continue offering Steadicam operators the best back mounted harness available, at the lowest possible price. It is unfortunate that what happened with my former partnership happened, I was not wearing my harness when I was stabbed in the back...Please consider that I will no longer discuss the issue of my former partnership on this forum. It will be discussed in the proper venues. If you require any information, please contact me via email at daniel@danielsauvedesigns.com. The web site as not yet been updated but I am working on it. To close this post, I wish to publickly thank Steadicam operators Yukio Kaneko of Japan, Denis-Noel Mostert of Quebec and Juan Ramos of Spain for supporting me and my product and being incredibly patient during the manufacturing process. See you at Cinegear Daniel Sauve daniel sauve designs