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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: Matt Quinn on January 11, 2009, 10:25:00 AM
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Meant to post this a while back, but never got around to it, and a PM just prompted me to do it now. :)
The goal was to use a pair of Vark extension tubes & a couple adapters + Schoeps SGC clips to get a Kwon style bar, but with an adjustable angle. So materials are just 2 Vark Bars (2 x $49.00 = $98), one Female 3/8 to 5/8" Male ($3.95), and 2 Schoeps SGC clips ($22 x 2 = $44). Total cost = $145.95.
Parts - there are also the 2 Vark risers & another adapter pictured that are not used.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3255/3187258153_3f43f04453.jpg?v=0)
Insert the adapter into one of the extension tube ends:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3521/3187258203_b5e8f49578.jpg?v=0)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3408/3187258243_cf34746f0a.jpg?v=0)
Mount clips on studs:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/3187258321_4b959056e6.jpg?v=0)
Screw the 2 tubes together, using the clips to make sure the alignment is correct. This is where it's a little tricky, you will have to fidget a bit with the adapter to get it right, but it's not that hard.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3304/3188099428_61e7af505c.jpg?v=0)
In the Donut:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3341/3187258473_9eb7c93aed.jpg?v=0)
from above (bad pic)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3497/3188099722_34e665613b.jpg?v=0)
With caps in:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3440/3187258787_0a805127b5.jpg?v=0)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3373/3188100014_7e387a06d3.jpg?v=0)
Spacing is about 25 cm.....
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3481/3188100092_653bd02767.jpg?v=0)
.....which led me to replacing one of the extensions with a 5/8" female to 3/8" male adapter. I only had a silver one, so it looks ugly, but spacing is closer to 20cm.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3522/3187259353_1e506bd73f.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3316/3187259105_9eb9c0af06.jpg?v=0)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3393/3188100194_75a6acb79f.jpg?v=0)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3374/3187259287_74d4e665fc.jpg)
The other benefit is you can hack down the spare Vark bar to a low pro X/Y mount. I did not actually do this, this is MS Paint'd for your viewing pleasure, but you get the idea.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3123/3188100490_28ac919da8.jpg)
So in the end, you have a Vark bar, a ~ 25cm spaced adjustable angle bar, a ~20cm spaced adjustable angle bar, and a low-pro coincident mount (and a spare riser). Not bad IMO.
Side note- the 2nd vark bar I got was different than the first. It's slightly larger & has more squared edges. Pic:
Top = old, Bottom = new
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3491/3187257993_74984a27c6.jpg?v=0)
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very nice, matt. ;D