The Digital Bird DIY 3D printable Mini Jib offers smooth near silent operation combined with range of exciting new camera moves not easily achieved with a slider. The Jib connects wirelessly with all the other parts of the Digital Bird camera motion control system offering you limitless possibilities for finding the perfect shot.
Introduction Video
Features:
Typically up to 550mm of Jib Travel more with lighter payloads.
Vertical, horizontal & diagonal motion.
Camera head can be mounted Upright or under slung.
Digital Bird Pan Head adds second axis for pan control.
Tested on payloads up to 4.5KG (Camera and pan Tilt head. 2.5kg of Camera)
Sony NP style batteries with 7.5v external power port
Full feature interface though Digital Bird compact WIFI remote or PTZ remote
OLED battery monitor and PTZ slave ID
Camera shutter control
Links in wirelessly with all the other Digital Bird devices.
Ultra quiet operation.
Silky smooth motion.
Operating modes:
A-B straight run
A-B with acceleration controls (ramp/Ease)
A-B-A Bounce mode
Time-lapse mode with built in intervalometer and camera shutter control.
OLED Display 0.49 Inch 64x32 res & Cable 130mm long
Mini Rocker switch and cable 110mm long
Aux Power jack and cable 140mm long
Shutter cable 2.5mm Stereo Jack socket & Cable 80mm long
2No mini limit switches with cable
Stepper cable 120mm long
2-4 pin JST XH 2.54mm Pitch connectors (Only required If not building from a kit)
4 core Silicon Wire 24 Gauge (Only required If not building from a kit)
NP style battery 7.4v 5000mAh is ideal (Not included in kit)
Drive components
200mm Closed loop GT2 Timing belt 6mm wide
20T Metal GT2 Timing pully for 6mm belt 5mm bore
38-40mm long High Torque Nema17 (Not included in kit)
Bearings
5x16x5mm x6
20x27x4mm x5
30x42x7 x2
55x72x9mm x1
Magnets
8x3mm Disc magnets x4
6x2mm Disc magnets x2
Diametrically magnetized encoder magnet x1 (normally comes with the encoder board)
Camera Screws & Clamps
5/8th to 3/8th Camera screw adapter (Also known as a microphone adapter) x1
1/4 to 3/8th Camera screw adapter x2
1/4 Camera screw with Flip up 19mm Diameter head 11mm long screw x1
M5 Adjustable Wing bolt 17mm long
32mm diameter Ross plate with 12mm diameter centre hole x2
25x25mm Cold shoe mounting plate with screws x1
120mm Swiss plate (Not included in kit)
120mm Swiss Clamp (Not included in kit)
Damper grease
Teibosyn 320 Blue Very heavy or equal (Only required If not building from a kit)
Nuts & Bolts
M10 Hex head Bolt
120mm with M10 Nut x1
M6 Hex head bolts
100mm with M6 Nut x1
65mm x1
14mm x1
M6 Counter Sunk head bolt
60mm with M6 Nut x1
Threaded brass inserts
M6 Threaded brass insert 8mm long x1
M5 Threaded brass insert 8mm long x1
M5 Low profile Bolts
50mm x14
45mm x1
40mm x7
30mm x8
20mm x10
10mm x2
M5 Nylock Nuts x 7
M5 Cap head Bolts
30mm x2
60mm x3
M5 Hex head Bolts
30mm x2
Grub screws
M4 Grub screw 12mm x2
M2.5 Cap head bolts
40mm long x1
6mm long x4
Washers
M5 x2
Self tapping screws
M1.7 11mm x6
Counter weights:
Counter weights required depend on your payload but I would suggest:
2No. 60x20x120mm long mild steel bar stock (approx. 1kg each)
3No. 60x10x120mm long mild steel bar stock (approx. 500g each)
Note: These can also be used with the Digital Bird Slider vertical support stand.
Suitable Tripod legs to use for the Jib Arms
It was incredibly difficult to find suitable telescopic sections to use for the jib arms. After spending around £30 on raw aluminium sections which were suppose to be telescopic but simply did not work! I hit on the idea of using the legs from a cheap Velbon DF-60 tripod I owned and only cost me £18.00 used on ebay. While these tripods are nothing special, the legs proved to be a gold mine and work very well complete with section locks. Some of these tripods are no longer manufactured however there are always some available on the used market.
Tripods:
Velbon DF61
Velbon DF60
Velbon CX640
Velbon C600
Velbon EF61
Velbon 7000
Note tripods like the Velbon DF51 may work but the leg profiles are smaller. Probably better to find a DF60 or above.
If you purchase one of these tripods and the leg profiles do not work with the parts provided. Please send me a tracing of the smallest and largest profiles with some simple dimensions and I will provide additional parts to match where required. If in doubt send me some information on the tripod you plan to use before you disassemble it!
Printing
In terms of plastic I use Matt PLA for its superior matt finish. Carbon PLA is also very nice to use but considerably more expensive and not really any stronger in my opinion. In terms of infill this can be taken from the part numbers so 001_25 =25% fill. Most of the parts require supports. The good news is that Auto supports will work just fine so long as you remember to turn them on!
This is quite a large build using almost 3kg of filament. You will be printing the parts for a few days. A 0.6 nozzle may be a wise choice for all but the parts with gears!