Video Camera Slider

Hey guys , I decided to make a slider to shoot some video with my iPod touch gen5 , after some looking around I figured the best thing to use is a heavy duty drawer slider so this is what I came up with! Just used my phone for the above image :)

Drawer slider , drill bits , bolts & nuts, screws , a template on where to drill , wood , one sides sticky foam , a bearing , elastic bands , a drill press , jig saw , hand saw and some aluminum square bar

Make a template that you will later use to help yourself so that you cut and drill the wood in the right place so that your iPod can be held without anything blocking the camera and without the screen being touched

Cut the wood to size Then drill the lag large hole that will later accommodate the bearing

Drill the rest of the holes that will hold the two pieces of wood together and that will have screws that are halfway in that will hold the elastics

Join the two pieces of wood

I cut two aluminum square tube pieces the same length and files the rough edges down

Drill 3 Holes as in the pic , the middle one goes all the way through with a small drill bit ( slightly larger than the thread of the bolt) , then on the side that has the 3 holes make the middle one large as to fit a socket in to tighten a nut Then create a thread in the two side holes so that you can put a bolt in, this will allow you to film on ground that is not even

Put the stabilizers on the slider

Put the bearing on the top of the slider This will act as a swivel

I drilled and threaded the wood so that I could put a bolt through it to hold the top firmly onto the bearing

I put some fishing lead weights in the stabilizer (on the left) to act as a counterbalance

Add some foam and elastics You're done ! I would show a pic with my iPod on the rig but I am taking photos with the iPod to its impossible but I will try make a video and put it on YouTube from on the rig I hope this inspired you to make one for yourself! The video I've taken so far is pretty smooth , I'm very impressed