SCUBA Hank 4 Posted March 15, 2016 Hello All! I am trying to brainstorm some ideas for building my own UW tri-pod. I know using flexible lock-line probably makes the most sense for the legs but I am looking for options for the Tray without spending an arm and a leg on the pieces. This is something I will probably use very infrequently so hence my DIY desire... Any and all idea welcome! -Hank Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thetrickster 328 Posted March 15, 2016 I went in the end for the XIT404 tripod setup - but I now see i-Das sell cheap extending ball arms and also this month INON have released their telescopic arms so if you want to DIY it, the only thing would be to add ball joints to the bottom to your housing and you have pre-made legs. The XIT404 stuff is nice, but if I'm honest I thick very expensive for what it is. The other option would be to go for a GorillaPod SLR bendy tripod, I had one, it worked for a while, but then the legs cracked (possibly due to needing to be properly soaked after each dive) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crowey89 1 Posted March 31, 2016 Take a standard tripod and spare weights Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crowey89 1 Posted March 31, 2016 Find a baseplate for the housing, some fitting screws. Then find some different size aluminium and telescope it. Add some screws or spring loaded clips and/or drill holes in each Get some small balls(ball bearings fine) and attach to the legs. Voila Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwiftFF5 134 Posted March 31, 2016 This has been discussed quite a few times already. The search function can help you. Here's a link to one of the threads: http://wetpixel.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11284&page=2&hl=%2Btripod+%2Bgorillapod&do=findComment&comment=142179 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suahuatica 0 Posted May 28, 2016 Just use the cheapest possible sturdy-ish tripod you can find, attach diving lead as a center column weight. Or add diving weights to the end of each foot (mine had the option to remove the rubber and screw the pin into the lead). It worked fine, but obviously not when there are huge amount of currents (water is much denser than water as some of you might know ). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
randomhero 0 Posted June 7, 2016 I've used a gorillapod slr version, works great underwater actually, atleast for macro videos=) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
