Wednesday, June 17, 2009

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So, doing some DIY for my Elinchrom Ranger Quadra.

First, hard plastic protection cap for transporting.





Next, and this isn't done yet, but a little sneak peak, is the speedring. This is all Aluminum, other than the bolt/screws, so it's actually quite light. I still need to dremel out the notch for the large retaining knob, and shave off most of the screw heads in the inside diameter. I really didn't like the design of the default Elinchrom adaptor, it does not keep the entire bulb inside a softbox, so I created mine to do that. The problem is that leaves no room for screw heads, so I have to shave them almost completely off.


4 comments:

  1. So what did you make the protective cap out of Ben?

    Thanks,


    Simon

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  2. The diameter of the head where accessories attach is exactly 8cm. I found a black plastic plumbing pipe with exactly 8cm inner diameter, and the matching end cap. I cut the tube to be long enough to go from the ridge on the head, to past where the light tube sits. Then I glued the cap on, and used a rotary tool (dremel) to carve in the notches needed to attach it using the proprietary attachment system.

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  3. Do you have plans to DIY a way to hold you wescott umbrellas?

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  4. Yes sir. I bought a 6mm aluminum shaft from the hardware store (just 1 euro) and cut off a short length, wrapped on end in tape and jammed it into the hollow shaft. Now it slides right in the holder.

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