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>> Dustin McLean: [SOUND] Okay, I'm gonna show you how to put all of the parts
together to make your homemade square hand held rig.
Incase you missed it you can click the link to watch the prep, or
you can skip ahead to see an action.
So let's do this.
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>> Dustin McLean: Here's a quick look of all the pipes we're about to cut.
[SOUND] All right, so
step one is going to be measuring our pipe before we cut it.
Measuring out two pieces that are 11 inches long.
I'll make some marks.
That's where I'm gonna make my cuts.
I need four pieces that are gonna be four and three quarters.
And then, it just so happens this leftover piece is a perfect size for
our little optional handle.
All right, that's it for measuring, so now I'm gonna use my sweet PVC cutters,
I'm gonna just snip this thing into pieces.
I got marks.
[SOUND] All right, step three is assembly.
Now it's good to put everything together first before you glue it to make sure
everything fits okay.
You can always make adjustments, trim stuff if you need to,
so let's start by just putting it together.
You're just making a square, as the name implies.
So taking your right angles, and you're gonna just pop them on the sides.
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>> Dustin McLean: This is gonna be one of the side handles.
Now if you have a rubber mallet, this is where it can come in handy.
You can just push really hard, you can bang it on the ground, or
you could [SOUND] tap it in there.
And make sure it's nice and snug.
You wanna make sure it's really lined up too.
Cuz these are gonna need to be straight after.
We make the other side,
exact same thing using the other two elbows see how easily PVC fits together.
So these are the two sides, now we're gonna put together the top and
the bottom using our T joints.
One two three, easy as that there we go.
I'm gonna line it up and make sure it's really straight.
And just press on it.
Okay looks pretty straight.
Now instead of going towards the middle, like the first one was,
we're gonna want this one to go out.
This is where the handle is gonna be.
Okay, these two.
Bend the pipe a little bit, no big deal, put it in.
All right now my left over piece
that is gonna be the handle is gonna go right in there.
But we're not gonna glue this one in the next step.
So keep that in mind,
this one's gonna be removable because we might not want it in all the time.
So now, that your sure your measurements are all correct and
everything is good to go, it's ready for step four.
Gluing, which means we're gonna tear it apart and glue it.
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>> Dustin McLean: All right, let's glue.
I did put down a protective surface, so, I don't glue on my table, all right.
So, this is your PVC glue I use clear cuz I like it.
Bam, put it on.
There's really no special trick to this other then put the glue on,
put the PVC together.
I'm gonna go ahead and hammer all of these as I go.
[SOUND] We really want to make sure that these are straight this time because once
the glue sets there's no going back.
If you don't already have PVC glue you can pick up a four ounce bottle,
little smaller than this for like four bucks.
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>> Dustin McLean: Okay, gonna have to push, [SOUND], there we go.
So don't forget that this piece goes straight up into the square, but
this top one needs to shoot outward for the handle.
Don't glue the handle, that's gonna be removable.
But, this is all you need for now.
Everything is glued, and you wanna let that set for
a while before you put your camera on it.
[SOUND] Step five, time to drill.
We're gonna be drilling two different spots here on this.
One is gonna be where the camera is attached to the rig.
And the other is to hold on to the optional handle.
It'll be removable later.
First step will be to just mark the spot.
We're gonna be going straight through this because this little nub
is gonna be where the camera sets.
So I wanna go straight down the bottom.
I'm gonna make a little mark.
And then with the handle in, it's not glued, but it is in securely.
I'm gonna make two marks cuz we're gonna drill straight down through it.
And you don't want it to be too close to this edge, but
you wanna make sure it still catches the pipe.
So I'm gonna put it right here.
And here's a quick tip.
Instead of starting with the full-size one.
If you start with a smaller bit get your hole going.
And then switch to bigger ones it will be a lot easier to just drill
the hole that way.
[NOISE] [SOUND] So we wanna make sure that fits through okay.
So, as long as that goes through, we're good.
All right, so this is how the handle works.
Since I decided not to glue it, so it's not permanent,
we're gonna use our two inch bolt, and just stick it right through there.
And, use one of the winged nuts, cuz they're easy to twist and
untwist on the fly.
Don't really need any tools.
>> Dustin McLean: There, now it's just on there, tighten it down.
Doesn't have to be too tight.
It is plastic after all, but now you've got a nice handle, so
you can hold the camera from the top if you want to.
But if you don't want the handle,
if it's gonna get in the way, you can simply take this pin out.
And take your handle out and you're back to just this.
So there you have it.
There is your homemade handheld camera rig.
That wasn't so hard was it.
So in part three we're going to put it to the test and
show you what kind of creative shots you can get with this thing.
And right now I think I'm going to give it a nice
custom matte black paint job because that
makes everything look a little sweeter.
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