Make a DIY Boom Pole
Time for another episode! This one concerns making a pole to hang our handy-dandy mic shockmount on. Originally I wasn't going to bother with this one, but viewers (and some local filmmakers) kept asking. Since it paid for itself--why not?
![How I lit that crazy closeup.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivpilCWajMUCJu4sELWA0PBB8cOY8h-hRhk1pxTbf7qprmHa3V8EWyDWWsxFTgEcQSznYaWYiEzxtcUczXUk0LjV4enu4_Y5dmUBZyqpm6ilaBXgeR8IuU5HYQgH_xRe4cK80TWgTFXg-m/s320/boom+pole+vid+lighting.jpg)
Anyway, if you can't afford a Dremel (the entry level wired model is around $40), consider the alternative from Harbor Freight Tools. They start at $10 and you will use the thing over and over and not just for filmmaking purposes. They are amazing.
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Comments
Also, when you re-attach the bolt (with epoxy) do you trun it around so that the burred-end (although cleaned up) goes into the pole first (thus eliminating the 'cleaning up of the burrs after you saw off the head) ?