[QuadList] OT Bauman Spyder Pedestal how much weight will if safely hold?

[Ted Langdell]

Ed, 

My RCA TK-11B (Catalog B.2002) and TK-31B (Catalog B-2050) peg the camera head at 109 pounds with viewfinder, but without lenses.

These Bauman pedestals were likely made with something half that amount in mind.  Be very careful.

The crank up version of these peds was underneath the first television cameras I got to have hands-on with circa 1967-69 used a couple of the crank-up versions of these peds. 

The cameras were cylindrical Dage black and white vidicon cameras, and the peds handled those well without being "tippy" as I recall. But there wasn't a lot of weight on them.

One had a viewfinder, "reach around" zoom lens (try doing both simultaneously with one hand) and low-cost version of the cradle heads like you usually see under TK-41s. The other had a remotely controlled Pan/Tilt head with remote Zoom and Focus.

As I said, the pedestals were fine for lightweight camera gear... but a TK-11/31 weight camera with the wheel legs all the way retracted might be a chancy situation.

Hope this helps.

Ted

On May 19, 2012, at 6:03 PM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:

> Dave - they seem to want to flip as soon as  you pull the pin!
>  
> The secret of this  dolly is that the  base can get really small and go though our old hysterical I mean historic  building doors and out  into the street  during events.
>  
> I could  widen it out once outdoors but  with weight on it  the  wheels  would love to flip sidewise  when I pull the  lock pin.. perhaps a block to slide under it when de pining  it and repeating for the other  2 legs?
>  
> what is the tk 11 weight??  do not have manuals at  fingertips and  google has  failed me ..
>  
> In a message dated 5/19/2012 5:34:38 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, dave at zfx.com writes:
> Used one with a TK-11, was ok..
> If you run the wheels in too far they turn over REAL EZ!
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> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 4:18 PM, <COURYHOUSE at aol.com> wrote:
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Ted

Ted Langdell
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