Slidee might be the cheapeast non-motorised automated DIY digital camera slider you may make your self

It is a fairly novel concept for a digital camera slider, referred to as Slidee from maker Shivam Dehinwal. It has no motors, no Bluetooth, no electronics in any respect and no batteries. It’s constructed round an everyday retractable tape measure. Nicely, okay, a not-quite-regular retractable tape measure. It’s constructed particularly across the Komelon Contact Lock measuring tape as a result of it has built-in velocity management – which is vital while you need to management how rapidly your digital camera strikes.

It’s very cool, utilizing a easy 3D printed housing with some bearing wheels and a easy mechanism to carry the retraction button at completely different positions to regulate the retraction velocity. Basically, the button acts like a variable velocity management. The more durable you push it, the faster it retracts. You’ll, after all, want a 3D printer – or a pal prepared to make the printed elements – however that is about so simple as it will get.

In addition to the tape measure, you’ll want some type of ball head (personally, I’m a fan of the SmallRig BUT2665) or mounting system on your digital camera or smartphone, some ball bearing wheels (a reasonably frequent 3D printer half out there as a spare), an non-obligatory suction cup, some M3 threaded warmth inserts, some M3 screws and both a 3D printer or entry to at least one. You’ll additionally want a soldering iron (I just like the TS100 with the BC2 tip for M3 threaded inserts) to place these threaded warmth inserts into the plastic base.

Shivam says the present type of Slidee is the results of fifteen iterations and he couldn’t be happier with the way it works. He’s made the entire STL recordsdata out there to obtain in addition to full directions on find out how to assemble all of it collectively on Instructables.

If you happen to simply need one thing low-cost, straightforward and analogue that doesn’t require a totally charged battery, that is nicely value having a go!