Small Rig fluid head mod

sr80

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I know there are a couple reports of these heads freezing up or being too stiff, but i must of got two good ones. But i really like the small rig fluid head for glassing with binos and using my 65 ats. I just didnt like the wannabe arca adapter on the top. I did loose a pair of binos off the top last august because I was using a regular acra adapter plate and not the one that came with the head, which turns out is slightly different. So I decided to change that and install actual arca plate adapters. They are approximately 9oz.

Maybe i should smack a different stick on the head and call it my own and charge $250 like a lot of these other new companies seem to be doing with this tripod head. At least mine looks different than the ones you see on amazon. :D
 

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Didn’t realize the plates were different, mine seems to lock up tight on my other arca plates. But I have noticed I have to be choosy on what other plates I do use. I figured it was just tolerances from plate to plate and not the head!

Care to post up a link to the arca adapter you installed on the heads?
 
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Didn’t realize the plates were different, mine seems to lock up tight on my other arca plates. But I have noticed I have to be choosy on what other plates I do use. I figured it was just tolerances from plate to plate and not the head!

Care to post up a link to the arca adapter you installed on the heads?
i just robbed then off some old ball heads i had in my cabinet
 
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