Grandpa's Homemade Slider

My grandpa was a very crafty man. His basement was a shop full of tools and projects. Although I didn't know him very long in this life, I knew him long enough to understand how he crafted an old-fashioned, homemade, cinema slider...ok, not really, but nostalgia is always good.


I needed a table-top/portable slider, so I assembled this 32" beauty from various parts. I have included a (hastily-edited and unfinished) 45 second video clip of slide-samples following the photos. enjoy.

My 32" homemade slider, built from extruded aluminum scrap, U-channel, and a gas-pipe stub mount.

The Promaster Tripod head allows you to angle or direct the shot, but is not suitable for fluid tilts/pans.

Plexi-glass inside the U-channel glides effortlessly over the aluminum track. The adjustable-height legs are a bonus to keep it level on rough terrain or warped table-tops.