Trackir 4 Repair solution
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:14 pm
Well, my worst fears came true the other day. The neck at the joint above the tripod legs of my Trackir 4 broke off. I found that replacement bases aren't available for the 4 model and no repair facilities for things like this after talking with a very nice person from Natural Point. They were helpful in offering suggestions to repair. I came up with this and thought some may find it helpful if this ever happens. I'm sure there are more professional repairs to the original base. I ended up using some heavy gauge electrical wire from my shop that was laying around. I just used one piece and bent as per the pictures. I used some thinner wire and a little electrical tape to secure the camera to the legs. It ended up working really good, and it is very adjustable due to the heavy gauge wire being bendable yet rather stout. Hope this helps and it was great talking to Mike from Natural Point in person. Here ares some pics.
[img:center]http://bhah.homeip.net:192/Old%20Fokker ... repair.jpg[/img]
[img:center]http://bhah.homeip.net:192/Old%20Fokker ... onitor.jpg[/img]
take care--RC
[img:center]http://bhah.homeip.net:192/Old%20Fokker ... repair.jpg[/img]
[img:center]http://bhah.homeip.net:192/Old%20Fokker ... onitor.jpg[/img]
take care--RC