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BarfBag smart phone holder

Here is a really quick tip for those of you that travel by air. How to take a barf bag and fold it into a phone holder so you can watch your own videos on a flight.

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Episode 29 we are going to space!

Dave is a space cadet going to space with his phone and a depleting the peak helium supply for frivolous reasons on this episode :)

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Episode 24 Make a decent lapel mic or LAV mic for less than $6

Episode 24 Make a decent lapel mic or LAV mic for less than $6

Ok decent mics cost a TON and I thought that even though I know nothing about electronics ‘How hard can it be?” Well it turns out that maybe I don’t have a pro mic but I have a mic that will do and it cost exponentially less than a good quality mic I have and [...]

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Episode 22 car camera video mount or car dolly

Episode 22 car camera video mount or car dolly

Below you will find affiliate links to the parts used in the video. Enjoy!

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Episode 21 Steady cam system for a small camera

Episode 21 Steady cam system for a small camera

Well Dave doesn’t hold any punches in this one. Echhh! You would think someone could see the humor in shooting a crossbow at him…. Here are the links mentioned in the show http://Hobby-Lobby.com/ujoint.htm http://Yb2Normal.com/DIYsteadicam.html http://mechanicalmashup.tv/misc/episode-15-easy-cheap-steady-cam-systems-for-your-digital-video-rig/ http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2792789/phone%20mount.PDF

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Episode 17

Episode 17

Here is episode 17 on how to build a shoulder rig for your video camera.

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Episode 15 Easy cheap steady cam systems for your digital video rig

Episode 15 Easy cheap steady cam systems for your digital video rig

Here are two quick and easy oh and really cheap steady cam systems for your video camera.

For some sample footage of what the difference is with the steady cams you have to go to http://Facebook.com/MechanicalMashup and become a fan of our page.

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Episode 9 How to do profesional looking metal engraving with a 10 dollar engraver and a PVC fig rig for a small video camera

Episode 9 How to do profesional looking metal engraving with a 10 dollar engraver and a PVC fig rig for a small video camera

Dave shows how to engrave your tools and Ben shows how to make a video camera stabilizer called a fig rig out of PVC.

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Episode 8 DIY peanut butter cups and a dimmer switch for your shop halogen lights

Episode 8 DIY peanut butter cups and a dimmer switch for your shop halogen lights

Our super heros show you how to make peanut butter cups. And a dimmer switch for your lighting system is on the menu.

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Episode 4

Episode 4

Ben shows how to make more ghetto video studio gear with barn door halogens and dave shows you how to find right angles and perpendiculars without a square.

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