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Reply to "Mounting an Elation Chase Bar/Pro Bar 4 to a light stand"

Jingles,

I apologize for the violation. Won't happen again.

Dr,
Your problem is nothing a little gaffer's tape wouldn't fix quite nicely. [. . . or what the heck, since it won't be seen, you could use duct tape] With the correct number of wraps the Chase Bar mount will fit perfectly within your existing stand.

You could probably make it snug enough to avoid spinning without a clamp. If you think you need a clamp, you could use an ADJ O-Clamp [www.americandj.com/ProductDetails.aspx?Category=&ItemNumber=50] that fits the size of your pole. It could work in either of the following ways:

- After you've wrapped the mount with tape to fit inside your pole, rip off from your roll of tape another strip of tape about 3/8" wide. Add this strip on top of the tape already on the mount near where the mount meets the rest of the Chase Bar. Keep wrapping until the diameter of this layer of tape is equal to, or a little greater than, the outside diameter of your pole. This extra wrap will prevent 3/8" of the mount to disappear into the pole. Apply the clamp so that it clamps on both the pole and the tape.

- Use a hack saw to cut two slots vertically down the pole. Keep cutting until the slots are slightly longer than the clamp is wide. Stick the tape wrapped mount into the pole and add the clamp - which will squeeze the slots together, thereby gripping the tape wrapped mount. [You may have to add one layer of tape to the outside of the pole if the clamp will not go smaller than the O.D. of your pole.]
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