tetrode wrote:
Dave Jr wrote:
Dave, what do you think of the handle idea, no good?
Actually, Dave, that idea has potential. I've been using a screwdriver in the umbrella tube as a handle. I think in this application, a T-handle would not be appropriate because orientation of the wings of the "T" would be variable. The T-handle could not be permanently attached because then the support rod would have to be secured from the front and a 6-sided nut cannot rotate freely against the slanted face of the speedring insert. True, it doesn't have to be a 6-sided nut but securing and adjusting the rod from the front would be a less than ideal arrangement.
I think a better solution would be a 5/16" tapped tapered handle like this:
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/Long-T ... 9+CST+2011That could be used as a direct replacement for the wing nut I'm currently using. I have a Grainger near me so I just might swing by and pick up one of these handles.
Dave F.
I looked at that one too, and several others from Grainger. I think that one would work. But did
you see the ratchet handle I linked to (bottom of my first post), would it be too weak? It is just like the one used on many strobe mounts. I like the ratchet handle idea because
you can turn it any way
you wish to get it out of the way, or, position for best leverage. With a heavy modifier, that shape of handle positioned to twelve o clock would give better leverage.
If the one I linked to is too weak to handle that type of lever load, maybe there is a heavier duty version available.
The other thing I was thinking, why not put the wing nut (or a different type of removable nut) on the other side instead, then
you could use the threaded bar with handle all the time, and just add the wing nut when
you need to also trap the modifier. Maybe
you could drill a hole in the threaded stock to allow the umbrella thumb screw to secure the threaded bar for the handle when the wing nut is not in use? Does that make any sense?