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I just decided to go with regular skateboard bearings. The problem was fixing them in place. I'm just going to slide spacers and washers onto the rod to stop the bearings slipping out of their position. I thought about shrink-fitting them, but decided a few bits of acrylic tube is cheaper than a...

Sorry to double-post. After some Googling, I think the cheapest, easiest solution would be to insert nylon flange washers (1/4 inch bore. (I can cut off any unwanted length easily enough)) And brass washers.

The lamp is fairly similar, except the steadicam has two arms, hinged in the middle. Each arm is rectangular and pivoted at each corner, with a spring stretched from one corner to the other. The idea is that, as the arm rises and falls, whatever is at the other end of the arm remains upright. No...

Sorry for the vague description. (I had to use Google to get the answer to the anti-bot question) I'm making a steadicam system and am wondering how to proceed with the arm. Problem is: I always scavenge rather than buy, so I don't know what anything is called. The arm kind of works like a...