Hey folks, thought I would resuscitate this thread again with an idea I've been playing around with for a while now.
One thing I've always found missing with head stands is the ability to tilt the head back for doing extensive work on makeup. I find trying to do detailed work with the head vertical is awkward.
I've been working on a simple 3d printed base that will allow the standard M16 bolt to be tilted back using a ball joint design...
- Vertical for display...
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- Tilted back for work...
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The 7" x 9" oval wood base is the same item that I used in my first design at the beginning of this thread. You can get these pretty cheap at Hobby Lobby:
https://www.hobbylobby.com/Crafts-Hobbi ... 22/p/28485
Rubber feet pads:
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Scotch-Scotch- ... 1002690308
(To check for balance I was trying out different positions for the base thus the reason for all the holes)
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The printed base consists of 4 parts being the main flange, a two piece ball that fits on the bolt head, and a socket cup part that puts pressure on the ball.
The bolt is M16 x 2.0 (coarse thread) x 60mm long...
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The socket cup part protrudes 1mm below the flange so that when the flange is tightened down the ball joint also gets tightened...
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So what do you think?
If you have a 3d printer and you'd like to try this, the 3d print files (stl) are now included in the head stand download package on my blog...
https://mfcreations3d.blogspot.com/p/th ... y=80807082
