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When I was at the store to see how much it would cost for another piece of video equipment, in this case a pop out reflector, I could not belive what I saw. $300.00 for a 3' diameter one! $300.00!!!! What!?!?! For a chunk of reflective cloth and some fish tape!?!??! I could see all my beer money disappearing when it came to me in a flash of light... or maybe it was just a random reflection from one of the reflectors on the wall.... meh! what ever...
And thus a ible was born.....
Pop out reflectors are nothing more than fabric, 2" ribbon and some fish tape. What is fish tape you ask? It is the flat spring steel that electricians use to 'fish' wires behind walls. You can buy a 25' roll of the stuff for 15 bucks.
Tools:
-Sewing machine
-Pliers
-Side cutters (in my case I used vice grips as there is a heavy cutter in the crotch of the mouth of the tool)
-Scissors
Raw materials:
-For a reflector shiny cloth (you can also use white for less bounce of light) I got some discount bin silver stuff for 3 dollars a yard and I got 2 yards
-For a chroma key get some kermit the frog green cloth.
-Roll of fish tape (you can get this at HomeDepot)
-Tie wire
-2" Nylon edge tape
-Thread needles and other consumables for your sewing machine
Also here is a instructable for a lighting system I use as well LINK
The full build is covered in my podcast below at time 6:28 and at MechanicalMashup.tv. You need to double click the video to get it to play for some reason... As well some other ibles are mentioned in the first half. Was it one of yours?
AHHH HA! to get the movie to play on my computer I needed to click on the movie once and hit the spacebar. I have no idea why clicking the play does not work....
And thus a ible was born.....
Pop out reflectors are nothing more than fabric, 2" ribbon and some fish tape. What is fish tape you ask? It is the flat spring steel that electricians use to 'fish' wires behind walls. You can buy a 25' roll of the stuff for 15 bucks.
Tools:
-Sewing machine
-Pliers
-Side cutters (in my case I used vice grips as there is a heavy cutter in the crotch of the mouth of the tool)
-Scissors
Raw materials:
-For a reflector shiny cloth (you can also use white for less bounce of light) I got some discount bin silver stuff for 3 dollars a yard and I got 2 yards
-For a chroma key get some kermit the frog green cloth.
-Roll of fish tape (you can get this at HomeDepot)
-Tie wire
-2" Nylon edge tape
-Thread needles and other consumables for your sewing machine
Also here is a instructable for a lighting system I use as well LINK
The full build is covered in my podcast below at time 6:28 and at MechanicalMashup.tv. You need to double click the video to get it to play for some reason... As well some other ibles are mentioned in the first half. Was it one of yours?
AHHH HA! to get the movie to play on my computer I needed to click on the movie once and hit the spacebar. I have no idea why clicking the play does not work....
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Signing UpStep 1Cut to shape and sew in edging
Ok this ible is painfully simple
-Cut out the roundish shape of the reflector or the chroma key (I fold it twice in half with the folds at 90 degrees to each other and only cut once for a neat symmetrical shape, watch the video above if that does not make sense to you)
-Sew one side of the 2" nylon sewing tape to the fabric with half of it hanging over the edge
-Fold over the tape
-Sew again to make a tube to fit the fish tape into leaving a gap at the end to put the fish tape in
-Cut out the roundish shape of the reflector or the chroma key (I fold it twice in half with the folds at 90 degrees to each other and only cut once for a neat symmetrical shape, watch the video above if that does not make sense to you)
-Sew one side of the 2" nylon sewing tape to the fabric with half of it hanging over the edge
-Fold over the tape
-Sew again to make a tube to fit the fish tape into leaving a gap at the end to put the fish tape in
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Jan 6, 2012. 7:18 AMArkusM
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Brilliant. I had the same sticker shock when looking at the reflectors.
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