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Little problem with Sliding Top Handle

Rodrigo Prata

Rodrigo Prata

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Hey guys,

I was wondering if anyone coukd give me any adivice on this:

I just got my Sliding Top Handle (it got here erllier them my scarlet) but it seens to be backwards. As you can see in the atached picture, my top handle along side with RED's Website.


Dou know how do I turn it backwards to the right position? Also, I would like to know how dou you remove the round front bit, sou you can atach the touchscreen monitor to the front treads.

Thanks very much!
 

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The two parts either side of the riser just screw in - they're tight but perfectly possible to remove and screw in from opposing sides. You'll probably need a wrench for the rosette side, but the rubber hand grip should be feasible by hand.

For what its worth I re arranged mine to the orientation yours is, as the kip handle doesn't get in the way of your grasp of the handle then.
 
Thanls very much for your replay John.

I've tried very hard to unscrew both parts but I could'nt, is really tight, I've even used a Wrench, but I guess I'll just keep trying.

I would prefer to use mine in the "correct" position, and also to remove the rosette side so I can atach my touch screen monitor to the front treads.

My best wishes

Rodrigo Prata
 
Also Thanks very much Jarek,

You awnsered me while I was replying John.
 
I managed to do it . Pour hot water over the main centre bit and gave it a few whacks to losen the the grip.
 
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As mentioned, RED started shipping the Top Handle "backwards" some time ago. While it appears to be backwards, it's now officially configured that way to avoid accidently engaging the kip handle which could cause the camera to slide off.

With some effort and the right tools, it is possible to re-configure it back to the original design.
 
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It's a lot easier to unscrew if you attach the sliding handle to something. I use one bolt to connect my arri dovetail to the 1/4" holes on the sides of the handle, then I held the dovetail in a vice while unscrewing the grip. Alternatively I suppose you could just connect the swat rail to something and mount the handle to it instead.
 
I managed to do it, as I said it was very tight, but with the help of a wrench it got done (tough it got scratches a little bit) thanks a lot for tour help guys!
 
I have had no luck and have been at it for days. Mine is getting tons of scratches. I've ran it under hot water, several other RED users have tried it as well...no luck... I think mine came glued.

I'm trying to do this to keep it from touching my battery plate and pushing against my brick, and prevent spending 200 bucks on something just to lift it off the camera enough.
 
Yea mine came like that too. I don't see a problem with this current config . it seems like it would work better.
 
I've got the same problem. Then, it's impossible to attach the lcd screen. Too bad. So I have a scarlet, a rail, a sliding top handle, and the lcd monitor. What's the solution to attach all these elements together?
Would the "easy plate" from wooden camera work to put the lcd and sliding top handle together?
 
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I don't get why it's still said on red store that the sliding handle has 15 mounting points. There is 3 totally unusable ones, and 3 useless ones with the new design. And changing the position of the 2 sides of the handle is not recommended by Red and will void the warranty.
 
sam karr said:
I've got the same problem. Then, it's impossible to attach the lcd screen. Too bad. So I have a scarlet, a rail, a sliding top handle, and the lcd monitor. What's the solution to attach all these elements together?
Would the "easy plate" from wooden camera work to put the lcd and sliding top handle together?
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You could also get a 150mm nato rail and a nato clamp for the monitor and you can put the handle and monitor on the same rail.
Also, I don't think that voiding the warranty on a handle is a big deal.
 
Heyo,

I don't see why you would want to "fix it" back to the way it is shown on the website. People were having problems with the original design. A friend of mine accidentally dropped the EPIC brain due to the original design. He was immediately assisted and taken care of by RED.

To my knowledge, since then, the way you received yor unit is the way they've been shipping the new design.

I have mine in the latest design and it's much much better in my opinion than the earlier units I had experience with.
 
I like the wooden camera safety nato as it has spring loaded ends that keep the handle or whatever you attach to it from accidentally sliding off.
 
I just attached my SWAT Rail directly onto the camera with 2 mounting screws, I attatched the LCD directly to the side HAndle at the TOP using 1 mounting screw , then you just slide the top handle onto the SWAT rail when you want to mount the Handle / LCD combo. Check out the pic

sidehandle.jpg
 
Chad Bonanno said:
I just attached my SWAT Rail directly onto the camera with 2 mounting screws, I attatched the LCD directly to the side HAndle at the TOP using 1 mounting screw , then you just slide the top handle onto the SWAT rail when you want to mount the Handle / LCD combo. Check out the pic

sidehandle.jpg
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Mine is set up the same way. Except I took the back cap off the handle so my VF plate would fit.
 
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