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Old 2006-02-19, 9:24am
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Hi,

I was able to do it with an empty one-gallon milk jug. Cut out the front of the milk jug so you have a place for your camera lens - it needs to be a big enough opening so you can get your hand in there. Ok, now take a piece of fishing line that is big enough to span the interior with a little big of a sag to it. Tie a washer on one end, and a short piece of wire or a finishing nail on the other. Use the wire or finishing nail of the same size to poke a hole at the same point on both sides. (I usually just get it hot with torch and poke the plastic.) OK, now thread the nail and fishing line through the hole on one side, then through the bead, and then trough the other side. The nail should then be used like a toggle so it doesn't pull back through the plastic. The washer on the other end will keep it from pulling through from that side. Let the bead stop swinging and start taking pictures. Hope this helps.

Eric

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