I have been doing research on the mechanic of tripod in order to build a tripod. It is not easy to find the information I really need. I have been thinking about checking out the tube light kit from Film equipment because they do have the specific tripod I want to reconstruct with my own designs. Here is the image of the specific tripod I want to study...



While I was researching, I came across various of interesting ways to make tripods. I found a website on how to make tripod for telescope out of crutches. Here is the link http://www.umich.edu/~lowbrows/reflections/2003/dnelle.1.html