Homemade Steadicam Tutorial (DIY)

The following camera stabilizer was entirely created and designed by cotton candy pictures aka Brad Clendenning and Ben Saheb. any attempts to recreate this design without providing proper credit to its designers will result in a major ass woopin :) Enjoy. This is a low cost yet very effective camera stabilizer for your video cameras. If you have any questions, leave a comment and we will respond asap.



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25 Responses to “Homemade Steadicam Tutorial (DIY)”

  1. MobileMediaProducts 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    Whoopin, not woopin

  2. yesturtle 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    you get an ID (inner diameter) of 1 inch.

  3. bmxbum111 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    the front is the part with the smaller piece of pvc or the part that sticks out the furthest

  4. JeMaAlNa 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    at 4:18 which side is the front?

  5. taylorb2053 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    Thanks man…. Ill built one and it works great

  6. flexstar187 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    good work man.. what kind of cam did you use with it??

  7. sylter1987 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    Thank you!

  8. TheMikeGuy 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    Wait, nevermind about that last question. I already knew the answer, I just originally misheard the instructions.

  9. TheMikeGuy 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    Yes, I understand I may be asking stupid questions, but they are coming from someone who has never seen or felt any of the equipment mentioned, so I am very unfamiliar with it. But I have another question, since the pipe is 1 inch x 2 feet, should the connectors also be 1 inch, or just a tad bit over 1 inch for the pipe to fit inside it. Same with the floor flange.

  10. Ben1257sb 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    the base plate has holes in it. if it doesn’t, screw a hole in it. this video is a reference. if you use this video with your brain you can get it done

  11. TheMikeGuy 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    Hey, this is very helpful! I cannot wait to actually start working on it, but I would just like to know where I would find a base plate, and how would I insert the bolt in the plate to allow the camera to hold up? The plate seems to be completely flat and bolt less, and this video doesn’t explain where the bolt should go and how it should be inserted.

  12. Ben1257sb 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    you hold it right below the camera. and yes bigger camera should have more weight. it doesn’t need it cuz it may make it heavier but if you have strong arms its gives you a better shot

  13. skim252 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    where do you hold it? and if you have a bigger camera should you have more weight, or no?

  14. afinacionymovimiento 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    Thanks!!! I’ll let you know how it turns out

  15. Ben1257sb 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    I would say a bike peg weighs 2 pounds?

  16. Ben1257sb 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    sprite by freezpop

  17. afinacionymovimiento 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    I just finished the rig for the smaller cam. Don’t have bike pegs so I’m gonna use weights. Hoe much weight would you say?
    Awesome video by the way. Can’t wait to try thus out.

  18. sylter1987 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    very cool music! what is its name?
    greetings from germany

  19. JMPFILM 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    how do you hold it ??

  20. LikeAVideo 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    1:34 NICE stunt :D

  21. Ben1257sb 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    buy a base plate with a hole in it. or drill a hole if it doesn’t have one. use a bolt to fasten it in. common sense my friend

  22. chrismastere 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    so i have to drill a hole in the baseplate and put a wing nut on, and then mount my cam. I can’t see how i should mount my cam on the base plate

  23. Ben1257sb 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    it really doesn’t matter if its steel or plastic. we have metal

  24. indianracer111 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    is the baseplate pvc or metal? looked at Lowes and Home Depot and they only have steel baseplates, if pvc, where did you buy

  25. Ben1257sb 4 December 2009 at 13:49 #

    yeah its just a screw with a bolt holding it down tight. If I were you and was putting expensive equipment on it I would research alternative ways of mounting the camera. You also might want to go with bigger weights since I assume the camera your using is probably larger than an ordinary camcorder.