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     M_currie Tinkerer Username: M_currie Post Number: 115 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A |
I think much of that problem will be solved if you are able to insert the tee-nut (or whatever you call that thing locally) from inside the camera, so that the screw pulls the flange tighter into the wood. If it's cleanly done from the start, with the sort that has little claws, it should prevent the tee nut from rotating as well. For rotation, there are a couple of possibilities, depending on how important it is to preserve finish, and how permanently the plate is mounted. Most Manfrotto hex plates have at least one extra hole off center, sometimes threaded, sometimes not, and one possibility would be either to add a screw through a second hole, to prevent rotation (it need not set strong threads in the wood to do that), or to insert a setscrew that would dig in a little. There are also plates made with a little L-bracket, though they won't work if the camera base is very large. If your plates have no extra holes, it's quite easy to drill one wherever you need it. Most of the heads I've seen that use those plates have a good bit of open space below the plate, allowing plenty of space for projections, screw heads, etc. |