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How-To: Low-Cost Gyroscopic Camera Stabilizer

How-To: Low-Cost Gyroscopic Camera Stabilizer

DIY physics guru David Prutchi coveted one of the expensive professional-grade gyroscopic camera stabilizers made by Kenyon Laboratories. “These devices,” he observes, “don’t seem to have changed much since Kenyon’s founder filed the following two patents in the 50′s: US2811042, US2570130.” Referencing those patents, David reverse-engineered the basic geometry of the Kenyon stabilizer using a pair of inexpensive precision gyroscopes from Glenn Turner of gyroscopes.com.

MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

This week in the MAKE Flickr pool we saw: “POW!” from lookseeseen, “Creeper” from adopt-a-bot, “The Whisker – firefighters gasmask project” from KoeneoK, “corner joint” from davidrockdan, “2nd-order Voltage-Controlled Filter” from johngineer, “Friday Night Drawbot at the Art Jamboree” from Pete Prodoehl, and “Uber Tripedo Rides Again!” from whymcycles.