I was given this tripod by a friend that figured I could fix it. it is one of those really heavy ones like the news guy's get to pack around. Anyway it had one leg with a broken hinge and was missing the camera shoe (plate that goes on the camera that locks into the tripod)
So I got a friend with the ability to weld aluminum to weld the leg hinge back together.
weld is bright shiny spot.
![[Image: tripod0001.jpg]](http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd484/Superdave257/tripod0001.jpg)
Then I made a new shoe. the screw that holds the camera on, I threaded it then cut the 1/4" of thread that are up against the head off so that once you screw it thru the plate it can't fall out and get lost.
![[Image: camera-shoe-0001.jpg]](http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd484/Superdave257/camera-shoe-0001.jpg)
top side of the shoe, covered it with some 1/8" thick red rubber I had laying around.
![[Image: camera-shoe-0002.jpg]](http://i1222.photobucket.com/albums/dd484/Superdave257/camera-shoe-0002.jpg)
If I had enough stuff, I could anodize it.
In all I think I made out pretty good on the thing, got it for free and didn't have to pay anything to fix it.
DA
So I got a friend with the ability to weld aluminum to weld the leg hinge back together.
weld is bright shiny spot.
![[Image: tripod0001.jpg]](http://s1222.photobucket.com/user/Superdave257/media/tripod0001.jpg.html)
Then I made a new shoe. the screw that holds the camera on, I threaded it then cut the 1/4" of thread that are up against the head off so that once you screw it thru the plate it can't fall out and get lost.
![[Image: camera-shoe-0001.jpg]](http://s1222.photobucket.com/user/Superdave257/media/camera-shoe-0001.jpg.html)
top side of the shoe, covered it with some 1/8" thick red rubber I had laying around.
![[Image: camera-shoe-0002.jpg]](http://s1222.photobucket.com/user/Superdave257/media/camera-shoe-0002.jpg.html)
If I had enough stuff, I could anodize it.
In all I think I made out pretty good on the thing, got it for free and didn't have to pay anything to fix it.
DA
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