Franken-Pod Question.

[Just Chuck]

I’m putting together a tripod for 22lr and center fire use, using the Area419 Arca lock rail on both

What Ive got is an old Manfrotto tripod that the head is shot. So I’ve gotten it down to a base plate and a 3/8-16 stud.

What I’m thinking of adding is a RRS BH30 lever ball head. Should screw right on, unless I’ve missed something. My question is this the way to go?

I am not familiar with this at all, so I’m counting on your advice. Thanks in advance. I don’t want to go the full CF $1400 versions out there.

 

[ballisticdaddy]

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[strikeeagle1]

It will work fine BUT you will want to prevent the RRS from rotating on the column-stud platform.

I have transitioned to a dedicated RRS Series 3 with Anvil-30 but did not want to orphan a good tripod so,
I just did this with an extra Anvil-30 on a carbon fiber Swarovski tripod. Some variant of a thru bolt or stop shoulder bolt to engage the Anvil mount.

Aluma-Black finished the ball mill mortise created for the shoulder bolt; also, you could just drill & tap a hole to prevent the rotation.

 

[RMOReallyRightStuff]

I’m putting together a tripod for 22lr and center fire use, using the Area419 Arca lock rail on both

What Ive got is an old Manfrotto tripod that the head is shot. So I’ve gotten it down to a base plate and a 3/8-16 stud.

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What I’m thinking of adding is a RRS BH30 lever ball head. Should screw right on, unless I’ve missed something. My question is this the way to go?

I am not familiar with this at all, so I’m counting on your advice. Thanks in advance. I don’t want to go the full CF $1400 versions out there.View attachment 7654365


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Hello,

The BH-30 has a standardized 3/8"-16 thread adapter to screw onto your tripod. I generally advise against using our products with third parties because we can't guarantee seamless integration or superior performance. But, you can add some Loctite to the tripod thread to help prevent any slipping or unscrewing when using the ball head. If you have any further questions, shoot me a message.

 

[Just Chuck]

Hello,

The BH-30 has a standardized 3/8"-16 thread adapter to screw onto your tripod. I generally advise against using our products with third parties because we can't guarantee seamless integration or superior performance. But, you can add some Loctite to the tripod thread to help prevent any slipping or unscrewing when using the ball head. If you have any further questions, shoot me a message.

Thanks for the response. I got an Anvil 30 based Hides users frequent reference to the Anvil. I've had it on a whole three days and really like it - shot with it once (22LR rimfire). It screwed on to the 3/8"-16 stud just fine and I've hand tightened enough to stay put with rimfire - centrefire may be more of an issue. - we'll see. That blue LocTite may be needed.

I've got the legs marked for my positions, and going through this THREAD.

No question my 'ol Manfrotto steel tripod isn't optimum, but it's got me going and later on, an upgrade tripod would be easy with the Anvil.

 

[Just Chuck]

It will work fine BUT you will want to prevent the RRS from rotating on the column-stud platform.

I have transitioned to a dedicated RRS Series 3 with Anvil-30 but did not want to orphan a good tripod so,
I just did this with an extra Anvil-30 on a carbon fiber Swarovski tripod. Some variant of a thru bolt or stop shoulder bolt to engage the Anvil mount.

Aluma-Black finished the ball mill mortise created for the shoulder bolt; also, you could just drill & tap a hole to prevent the rotation.

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I like what you did to lock it in place. I don't have machining capabilities (good job BTW) so may need to come up with another option. Blue LocTite comes to mind.

 

[strikeeagle1]

^^ Well before I tried to get clever with the mill, I just tightened the ball head on the center column plate of a Swarovski then drilled and tapped it, to accommodate a simple shoulder bolt that was easy to turn by hand and secured with a carbon fiber fishing line "lanyard" so it was always present for use. Rotation problem solved. A few photos of that situation.