Lightening tripods
I have a Uniloc 1600 tripod. It's a marvelous piece of kit, and very stable. But heavy especially when carried several miles across the countryside. I've looked for alternatives and can't find anything that comes close in terms of versatility.
So I've looked into replacing the legs with carbon fibre ones, and the price of carbon fibre tubes is prohibitive. It'd be cheaper to cannibalise a new carbon fibre tripod or even better a used one.
Anyway, I wondered about drilling holes in the Uniloc's duralumin legs. It'd look odd, but I wonder if drilling a series of holes along each leg would lighten the weight without a significant impact on the rigidity? Has anyone tried this? Is it worth it, or do you have to remove too much metal. Or would it impact the rigidity too much?
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