OK, I don't understand this C-stand.

[Palmer Woodrow]

Hi all.

I have a C-stand with an arm on it. And at the end of the arm is a gobo head, which is attached to another clamp with a hole in it (to hold... I'm not sure what). But you can't tighten that one, because the handle to do so hits the rod onto which the assembly is screwed.

Here's a video of the issue:

https://imgur.com/T3p7COp

Can anyone tell me the purpose of this thing?

Thanks!

 

[Stephen Lovett]

Hi Palmer,

i might be missing something here, but if you lift directly up on the grip head, turn it 90 degrees, place the baby pin that is now visible into the opening that is now horizontal on your video, and tighten that down, wouldn't it work like regular gobo arm?

 

[Mark K.]

Very odd. Looks like the arm has been screwed into the second threaded hole of the grip head. Is there any way to unscrew the arm or is it welded in there?

I can't think of any sensible reason for that particular configuration. My only guess, is that the arm wasn't held entirely rigid by the fixed mounting hole, so they screwed it into the outside as a means of keeping the arm fixed in place so that the grip head could support a reasonable load.

 

[Mario Gonsalves]

You can mount flags, diffusion & lights such as kino's with the help of that gobo. It looks like it's also trying to be mounten from the wrong hole. try the horizontal ones and all should be fine.

 

[Jon Carr]

Usually the bottom threads is for when you need to relocate the knob lower for smaller light stands.

 

[Phil Holland]

Your grip head is mounted in the wrong position. Use the locking screw that you are fiddling with in the video to lock it to the grip arm itself. Slide it into that slot.