Need help locating curved rails for motion control system tile mechanism

Millenniumf

Sr Member
So I have been making a list of parts I can use to build a motion control camera rig, and I really want a tilt system like what's on the Dykstraflex for the camera, the part that sort of looks like a centurion helmet crest that allows the camera to be rotated about the axis of its sensor, and also which can tilt a model on a stand. The problem is I can't for the life of me find a curved rail like this which is designed to pass between rollers and a motor, and I don't have any machine tools or the money to pay someone to machine this for me. I'm planning on making most of it out of 8020 aluminum and McMaster-Carr parts. I did find a curved rail on MC, but I'm not sure it's rigid enough to do the job, and my Google-fu is too weak to find what I'm looking for online, apparently. Can someone please help me find a set of curved rails that will work?
 
So I have been making a list of parts I can use to build a motion control camera rig, and I really want a tilt system like what's on the Dykstraflex for the camera, the part that sort of looks like a centurion helmet crest that allows the camera to be rotated about the axis of its sensor, and also which can tilt a model on a stand. The problem is I can't for the life of me find a curved rail like this which is designed to pass between rollers and a motor, and I don't have any machine tools or the money to pay someone to machine this for me. I'm planning on making most of it out of 8020 aluminum and McMaster-Carr parts. I did find a curved rail on MC, but I'm not sure it's rigid enough to do the job, and my Google-fu is too weak to find what I'm looking for online, apparently. Can someone please help me find a set of curved rails that will work?
Maybe you should PM MattWinchell ;)
 
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