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<blockquote data-quote="FoxWander" data-source="post: 5272290" data-attributes="member: 1356">For portability you could also look into some kind of <a href="http://www.google.com/images?client=hp&amp;expIds=17259,23051,25241,25798&amp;sugexp=ldymls&amp;xhr=t&amp;q=light%20boom%20stand&amp;cp=1&amp;hl=en&amp;rls=ig&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;source=og&amp;sa=N&amp;tab=wi&amp;biw=1618&amp;bih=898" target="_blank">boom stand</a>. It should be sturdy enough, since the boom won't have to project very far. You could use a water jug instead of a sandbag for the counterweight- which you could get or fill up wherever you're using it so you won't be carrying the extra weight. Then use a clamp to secure it to the edge of the gaming table for extra sturdiness.You could probably even make your own boom mount setup using the same square aluminum tubing Sean did for his mount set-up. At any rate, I think some kind of good, sturdy boom mount would be a good compromise between portability and something that won't get in the way. Sean's setup probably works great but it seems like a bit much to be really portable (especially for taking to cons) and I imagine it still gets in the way a lot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FoxWander, post: 5272290, member: 1356"] For portability you could also look into some kind of [URL="http://www.google.com/images?client=hp&expIds=17259,23051,25241,25798&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=light%20boom%20stand&cp=1&hl=en&rls=ig&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1618&bih=898"]boom stand[/URL]. It should be sturdy enough, since the boom won't have to project very far. You could use a water jug instead of a sandbag for the counterweight- which you could get or fill up wherever you're using it so you won't be carrying the extra weight. Then use a clamp to secure it to the edge of the gaming table for extra sturdiness. You could probably even make your own boom mount setup using the same square aluminum tubing Sean did for his mount set-up. At any rate, I think some kind of good, sturdy boom mount would be a good compromise between portability and something that won't get in the way. Sean's setup probably works great but it seems like a bit much to be really portable (especially for taking to cons) and I imagine it still gets in the way a lot. [/QUOTE]

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