Vintage Birns & Sawyer Wooden Tripod Professional Hollywood & Spreader
Item History & Price
Vintage Original Birns & Sawyer Wooden Tripod Professional Hollywood & Spreader!. These legs were prized by filmmakers during the 1930's through the 1980's.
Sturdy dependable rugged.
Birns and Sawyer were a main axe for cinematographers working in Hollywood and Commercial Film Production across the country.
Original BADGE! Plus modern Spreaders added when I was shooting with these sticks in the 1990's.
Enjoy a bit of cinematic nostal...gia! Re-purposing potential and decorator accessory for Home Theatre, Man Cave, Library, Office, Study, Business.
Condition is Used. Shipped with USPS Retail Ground. On Aug-23-20 at 12:47:23 PDT, seller added the following information:
With the spreaders wide, low mode is 37" height.With the spreaders tight, legs extended, high mode is 66" height.
The tighteners work just fine - they tighten completely and securely (when turned the correct way!)
Low this tripod will easily hold 100lbs or more.Not much play - of course the higher it is raised, there is a bit of sway - as all wooden legs.
The spreader can be removed via a cotter pin on each leg.OR permanently by removing a bracket held by 3 screws attached to each leg.On Aug-25-20 at 14:21:42 PDT, seller added the following information:Old Film Production Equipment, Documentary Filmmaking.
Sturdy dependable rugged.
Birns and Sawyer were a main axe for cinematographers working in Hollywood and Commercial Film Production across the country.
Original BADGE! Plus modern Spreaders added when I was shooting with these sticks in the 1990's.
Enjoy a bit of cinematic nostal...gia! Re-purposing potential and decorator accessory for Home Theatre, Man Cave, Library, Office, Study, Business.
Condition is Used. Shipped with USPS Retail Ground. On Aug-23-20 at 12:47:23 PDT, seller added the following information:
With the spreaders wide, low mode is 37" height.With the spreaders tight, legs extended, high mode is 66" height.
The tighteners work just fine - they tighten completely and securely (when turned the correct way!)
Low this tripod will easily hold 100lbs or more.Not much play - of course the higher it is raised, there is a bit of sway - as all wooden legs.
The spreader can be removed via a cotter pin on each leg.OR permanently by removing a bracket held by 3 screws attached to each leg.On Aug-25-20 at 14:21:42 PDT, seller added the following information:Old Film Production Equipment, Documentary Filmmaking.
