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I recently finished a DIY Glidecam project that I have been working on for about a year now and I figured some people could benefit from it. I first thought of Glidecams as a bit of an add on when it came to filming park but as more and more people got them I started to realize there more of an asset for filming park. I don't film park to to much so I really didn't want to throw down $300 on A Glidecam that I would really only use for filming park. I started to poke around online for ideas on how to make one myself after hours of searching I finally found a design that I liked. The design that I found was an awesome design but was really meant for a small camcorder and not a DSLR like I have; so after making 5 drafts I finally got it balanced and robust enough to hold and work with my t2i. I purchased all of the parts from my local hardware store, it pretty much consists of soldered copper fittings and skate bearings. Below is a picture of it, and an edit that I filmed a while ago with it. The edit was filmed when it was in its 4th draft and it was my first time ever using it so its not perfect but I thought the results came out pretty well even with spring slush. The 5th draft corrected a lot of things such as balancing and weighting issues so its a lot smoother now but all the snows gone so I can't film skiing anymore perfect timing NOT. If you are interesting in possibly building one like this I would recommend it, its cheap and for me it gets the job done pretty damn well for $50. The picture below was taken before it was painted so it looks a lot more sleek now with a fresh coat of black paint on it.
