cPro motor fastening tools 
 cPRO fasteningtools motor mounting 
 By Nathan Lederman 

 on 10/24/19, 9:13 AM • 705 views
Hey guys, I want to put my motor higher as the CAM and LBUS cables are just above the ground.
I don’t always have the possibility to use Arri locking pins nor do I always have 1 9mm bars on the camera. What do you guys do to make sure there comes no pressure on the motor connectors when someone let’s the camera rest on their leg or on the ground? Dogbone, Jerry Hill bracket, Cubebar by Ratworks, angled cables... 
Kind Regards,
Nathan
 

 Eoin mcguigan 

 On 10/29/19, 4:07 PM
I use jerry hill’s (steadimoves) PAM bracket//cforce rosette adapter and love it 
 

 Martin Larsen 

 On 10/25/19, 10:27 AM
Hey Nathan.
i usually Top mount my motors. there are multiple ways to do this but I tend to use the MSB-2 bracket from ARRI that has a 19mm rod support. 


 
I don’t always have the opportunity to have a rod mounted on the topside of the camera unfortunately.
 Convert as an answer Nathan Lederman 

 on 10/25/19, 11:15 AM
But when I do have the opportunity, I usually also do this.
 Convert as an answer Nathan Lederman 

 on 10/25/19, 11:17 AM



 Philipp Uhl 

 On 10/27/19, 11:23 AM
I like to use top- or side-rods for mounting my motors as well, but when I have to put them on the bottom 15mm rods without having 19mm rods beneath them, I almost always use this cmotion motor bracket extension to solve the problem with the cables:
 https://cmotion.eu/shop/product/n003-682-cmotion-motor-bracket-extension-269?search=Rod+bracket 
It's also very convenient for some lenses with larger diameters to get the motor to a nice angle to the lens, and sometimes the left/right offset you can get with this also comes in very handy when there is a lot of stuff on the rods.
I just found it to be important that the 19mm-15mm reduction insert in this bracket is oriented exactly like in this product photo (the opening of the insert lined up with the opening of the clamp), because else the whole bracket can rotate on the rod when there is too much force on the motor.

 

 Vince 

 On 10/24/19, 10:13 AM
Hi Nathan
First of all, congratulations with your new cPro hand-unit :-)

Not sure what you mean with Arri locking pins? The one from the tophandle?

I usually use the 15mm rods on TOP of the camera for mounting motors on the camera.
If that doesn't work because of lack of space, I use an offset/dogbone adaptor on the lower 15 or 19mm rods or the 19mm bar from Ratworks. What's also nice are the accessories from Rowa Mechanik.
Angled cables are nice, but as the bottom part of the motor is still lower than the cables you'll may have problems with that.


All the best

 
Hey Vince, thanks!
I mean anti rotating pins.
What offset bracket do you use?
 Convert as an answer Nathan Lederman 

 on 10/24/19, 10:57 AM



 Aidan Gray 

 On 10/24/19, 10:32 AM
Hey Nathan,
 This is a good question and unfortunately there isn’t really a great answer for it - I’ve seen a lot of people too mount the cPro motor off of rods (like via Ratcliffe Bar or the top 15mm rods or whatever) but I’ve had large hits to range doing this. The antenna points straight into the ground which doesn’t help - I have an adapter I use with my PAM brackets to reorient the antenna upwards, but it’s a little messy to have an extra cable. I find the best practices are the mount the motor on the bottom via 15mm rods, and the. Put the handles or your handheld setup on 19mm rods - this stops the motor connectors from every touching the ground, and also keeps your motors and handles on different sets of rods (which for me, is a must). 
 
 Gunnar Mortensen 

 On 10/29/19, 7:45 PM
Nathan there are so many different ways to do so. I have a variety of motor mounts. I am a big fan of the hill brackets that offer a good level of versatility. The trick is to separate your motors from anything the operator touches. They can’t be trusted 😜 a lot of the time I will rework the motors to keep it as streamlined as possible. It is great to use a fat gear to compensate for any lens variance. It is easier to keep the motor in one position and make up any gaps.
