Part needed

[5Chris7]

I have this odd ballstud(?) that I broke on my camera mount

Cant seem to find a replacement locally, I was wondering if any knew somewhere online I could order this from?

Also I'm pretty sure its called something else, what is the correct name?

 

[Hawk]

This is one of the companies I have ordered parts from:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?sts=ma&N=0&Ntt=tripod++replacement+parts

Or you could try:

http://www.adorama.com/catalog.tpl?op=recommend&sku=JTQRP

Or try:

http://www.tripodquickrelease.com/Parts.htm

It would be easier to help you if I knew what manufactor and/or model.

 

[Steevo]

It's too bad you don't have a good camera to take a pic of your camera mount with . . .


That shot is too blurry to see what you broke.

 

[5Chris7]

I guess I'm not being clear enough, its a part for the mount on a video surveillance camera. I don't need a camera part, I need a place that sells those Bolts/ ball-studs /joints or whatever they are called....

I have gone to all the regular places and no one has anything like that...

 

[uniballer]

Machinist can make it, but to make it worth your while, make 50 or 100 and sell the extras on fleabay. Apparently no one make them!

 

[Vegaman_Dan]

Depending on the size of the ball, it might be worth looking at automotive throttle linkage joints. They use a ball like this with a coupler.

 

[Spareparts]

What size is it, some of the R/C cars/trucks use numerious sizes for steering and suspension mounts. They call them Ball Studs.

 

[lilredex]

You could probably silver solder that back together and run a die up across the joint, if the threads needed to be cleaned up.

Or.... looks like a simple project to make new one from scratch, if the old cannot be rehabilitated. Silver solder a ball bearing to a stud..... if that is a keyway or a groove I see, do it first with a file.

How are your manual skills??

 

[Vegaman_Dan]

^^^

This.

I would be tempted to get a bolt of the right thread, put on a couple of nuts and weld it into one piece. Then chuck the bolt into a drill and use a flat mill file on it to turn it down to the size and shape.

But if I could get it premade readily, that would be easier, just not as fun.

 

[BillK]

Chris,
How about calling the manufacturer of the mount ???? I bet they have the parts sitting there ready to ship to you. That would have been my first call.