Dave Zan
Active Member
...r direction, especially if we need only 2 positions, I think the simple school kid DIY method....
Do we need even this?
I had planned on a simple clamp for the microphone extension and just loosen, slide from inner stop position to outer, reclamp.
Plan was to clamp with a simple collet, less clutter to reflect sound, simple, cheap and secure.
The mic stand I used in the past had a collet for vertical adjustment (for public address so no boom, just the mic on top).
Curiously, I can't find a pic of a similar set up any more but I'm sure you can visualise a collet!
If we want power adjustment then a stepper motor with threaded shaft would be an option.
It also fits my idea to keep all the drives as steppers- cheap and simple, buy from one source, learn only one interface.
On that topic, I have a better version of my mechanics proposal that doesn't need the pass-thru rotary table.
@No. 5 Would you be interested to do this in SolidWorks if I send you a sketch?
Best wishes
David

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