Tom Daigon Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 (edited) I got the V-25 / X45 the other day. It is a fine piece of equipment. I am following along with the old EFP training video that Jerry and the late Ted put together. Its like having a private class! I have a question for you. On the docking station, adjacent to the balancing pin is a small angle post that sticks out that maybe 3 inches and angles slightly up. Is this where I can hang the arm? If it is, do I take the pin off the arm (that the sled sits on) and hang the arm by sliding the little post on the docking station thru the holes that the pin usually goes thru? I hesitated to do this since I see there are 2 small bearing rings in the holes that I didnt want to damage by sticking the angled post into, since the weight of the arm would be fully on the lower bearing ring. Tom Daigon Avid DS /FCP Editor www.hdshotsandcuts.com Edited January 24, 2010 by Tom Daigon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Brian Freesh Posted January 24, 2010 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 Hang whatever you like there, the arm being the obvious choice, and a common one. I'd avoid removing anything to make it hang, that just seems silly. If there's no perfect slot, make strap. Brian |-)~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Daigon Posted January 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 Hang whatever you like there, the arm being the obvious choice, and a common one. I'd avoid removing anything to make it hang, that just seems silly. If there's no perfect slot, make strap. Brian |-)~ Sounds good to me Brian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Daigon Posted January 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 (edited) Update...Pascal, an operator in the Netherlands had this suggestion... "The pin is indeed ment to take the arm. The best way I found is to hang it in between the upper and lower bone, so you hang it sideways on the pin. Any other way could possibly damage the cable inside or pop out a bearing :)" Edited January 25, 2010 by Tom Daigon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt allsop Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 Exactly as Pascal put it, on its side between the upper and lower sections of the arm. I wouldn't go through the post bearings I remember them being quite fragile. especially if it were to hang, any knocks to it could pop them out etc and cause you some problems on set! On the side, well that's what I did when I had a Glidecam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Daigon Posted January 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 (edited) Exactly as Pascal put it, on its side between the upper and lower sections of the arm. I wouldn't go through the post bearings I remember them being quite fragile. especially if it were to hang, any knocks to it could pop them out etc and cause you some problems on set! On the side, well that's what I did when I had a Glidecam! Thanks Matt. My instincts were to avoid the post bearings as well. Im glad the web (thanks Pascal) can help me learn how to care for and use my equipment. My arm is now hanging between its bones (boy that sure sounds painful) ;-) Edited January 25, 2010 by Tom Daigon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Members Ken Nguyen Posted January 25, 2010 Premium Members Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 Update...Pascal, an operator in the Netherlands had this suggestion... "The pin is indeed ment to take the arm. The best way I found is to hang it in between the upper and lower bone, so you hang it sideways on the pin. Any other way could possibly damage the cable inside or pop out a bearing :)" Hm!?!?!?!??? "Damaging the cable; popping out a bearing" what type of arm is it? How can it be!!!!! Ken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Daigon Posted January 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 Update...Pascal, an operator in the Netherlands had this suggestion... "The pin is indeed ment to take the arm. The best way I found is to hang it in between the upper and lower bone, so you hang it sideways on the pin. Any other way could possibly damage the cable inside or pop out a bearing :)" Hm!?!?!?!??? "Damaging the cable; popping out a bearing" what type of arm is it? How can it be!!!!! Ken. Ken, this discussion is just about the best way to hang the Glidecam V-25 arm on the docking station in a safe manner. It is a different approach to how the Steadicam arm is hung (I think) . Since I just bought the system I wanted to make sure I was doing things the right way ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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