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Originally Posted by Tinderboxsky
Looks good Matt and should be much more stable. Where did you source the custom M12 ring bolt from?
Cheers
Steve.
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Here is a pic of the finished bolt on mine:
M12 316 grade s/s eyebolt from Specialty Fasteners fitted with the Synta black plastic nut, then a spacer that is locked onto the thread with an M12 s/s nut then the thread removed to allow rotation inside the tripod top plate.
Length of bolt from shoulder 101mm, from shoulder there is 45mm of thread, then 33mm of thread removed and finally 22mm of thread that locks onto the mount.
This works well on AZ-EQ6. For a T-Rex an extra 6mm of thread is needed so make the bolt 6mm longer or the spacer 6mm shorter.
The spacer is there to make it easier to grasp the black 'nut' to tighten the bolt.