The above image is a close up of the top portion of one of the completed legs, along with its “adjustable center leg” at the top of the photo. As you can see, a hole was drilled through both of the “main leg supports”, about 1 ½” inches below the curve at the top of the leg to accommodate a 6” inch long by 5/16” inch carriage bolt for marrying to the Pan-Head. To space the two “main leg supports”, a 3” inch section of 2x2 hard pine stake along with a 1/8” inch craft plywood spacer (to increase the opening for the “adjustable center leg”) was used. To pull it all together, two 3” inch long drywall or deck screws are used on one side, and one on the other. The spacer serves three purposes:

1.) Separates the “main leg supports” to allow the “adjustable center leg” to provide adequate clearance to slide freely between them.

2.) Acts as a height stop when the legs are retracted.

3.) Provides additional strength by reducing twisting and flexure of the legs at the Pan-Head connection, offering similar attributes found with a Gibraltar tripod.