{"id":5184,"date":"2015-01-27T07:30:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T17:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suggestionofmotion.com\/auto-draft\/"},"modified":"2015-01-28T11:33:41","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T21:33:41","slug":"quick-release-friction-arm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suggestionofmotion.com\/blog\/quick-release-friction-arm\/","title":{"rendered":"Build a Quick-Release Articulating Arm for $30 in 10 Minutes or Less"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mount monitors, lights, and more quickly and securely to your camera rig with a flexible quick-release articulating arm<\/strong> that you can build in minutes for only $30.<\/p>\n

\"Quick-Release<\/a><\/p>\n

There’s a lot to love about articulating friction arms. They’re flexible, simple to use, and quick to adjust with a single knob, making them perfect for mounting accessories like monitors and LED lights that need to be repositioned frequently.<\/p>\n

There’s just one problem with standard friction arms– they take forever to mount on your rig<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Standard<\/a><\/p>\n

Friction arms use a standard 1\/4-20 screw for mounting. Winding a long arm into a small threaded hole on your rig is slow and cumbersome. Worse yet, once you get it mounted, you need to be on guard not to position the arm on the left<\/em> side of the screw mount, as the arm can unscrew itself<\/strong> due to the weight of the item it’s holding (such as a monitor or LED light).<\/p>\n

Zacuto do a good job of illustrating these issues in this short clip:<\/p>\n