# Grip Head **URL:** \ **Category:** Share your creations\ **Created:** [May 21, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/grip-head/25942 "2023-05-21T22:44:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![Hammerhand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/hammerhand/32/13455_2.png) [@Hammerhand](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Hammerhand)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/grip-head/25942/1 "2023-05-21T22:44:55Z")

Some shots of a commonly used piece of film grip gear I modelled. ![IMG_2675](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/9/e/9e4a87003b3a4e6af7940f0ffe2cfe6376b57389.jpeg) ![IMG_2677](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/9/e/9e865768c856e683a8323ba4dbeeb1a681c61cc1.jpeg) ![IMG_2673](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/b/d/bd4a0bbd57a75674a1b3bb29e6e5b78b2fc6915f.jpeg) ![IMG_2678](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/4/f/4f0f0fac88604ac149bdfa60fffc520873041712.jpeg) ---

**Author:** ![Rohan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/rohan/32/15410_2.png) [@Rohan](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Rohan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/grip-head/25942/2 "2023-05-23T14:01:14Z")

Great work 🤩. To be curious, what is it? And for what it is used for ? ---

**Author:** ![Hammerhand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/hammerhand/32/13455_2.png) [@Hammerhand](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Hammerhand)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/grip-head/25942/3 "2023-05-26T01:28:59Z")

Thank you. It’s a key piece of grip equipment used in film and tv production. It’s essentially a link between a fixed point and any one of literally hundreds of different elements used to shape light or hold other film equipment. I’ll be posting more here that will show some examples of it in use, but it’s also called a Gobo head if you want to look it up. ---

**Author:** ![fotovecera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2bfe46/32.png) [@fotovecera](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/fotovecera)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/grip-head/25942/4 "2025-02-01T19:13:54Z")

it´s great grip. is there anywhere to download/buy model? ---

**Author:** ![Hammerhand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/hammerhand/32/13455_2.png) [@Hammerhand](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Hammerhand)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/grip-head/25942/5 "2025-02-01T20:03:13Z")

Sure you can have a copy of the model, what format do you want it in? ---

**Author:** ![fotovecera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2bfe46/32.png) [@fotovecera](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/fotovecera)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/grip-head/25942/6 "2025-02-01T20:16:16Z")

obj will be great =D, thank you very much ---

**Author:** ![Hammerhand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/hammerhand/32/13455_2.png) [@Hammerhand](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Hammerhand)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/grip-head/25942/7 "2025-02-01T20:50:20Z")

[Grip head for export\_OBJ.zip](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/uploads/short-url/XwNtyqW92ZPjwxgFLNA07tDYJi.zip) (10.2 MB) ---

**Author:** ![fotovecera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2bfe46/32.png) [@fotovecera](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/fotovecera)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/grip-head/25942/8 "2025-02-03T12:49:31Z")

Could I ask you one more time for some cad format? I tried to close the holes to insert the nuts but I have a problem with the obj Thank you very much again. ---

**Author:** ![mtech541](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@mtech541](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mtech541)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 8:10am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/grip-head/25942/9 "2025-12-15T08:10:15Z")

How can I 3d print this? ---

**Author:** ![Hammerhand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/hammerhand/32/13455_2.png) [@Hammerhand](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Hammerhand)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/grip-head/25942/10 "2025-12-15T15:43:05Z")

With a 3D printer? Peter J. Morris By Hand & Hammer Stagecraft Inc. (250) 413-7939 ---

**Author:** ![mtech541](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@mtech541](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mtech541)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/grip-head/25942/11 "2025-12-15T17:21:43Z")

The 3D printer is the Ender 3v2 ---

**Author:** ![Hammerhand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/hammerhand/32/13455_2.png) [@Hammerhand](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Hammerhand)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/grip-head/25942/12 "2025-12-15T20:07:42Z")

Are you asking me if you can have access to the 3D model? If so, yes but I promise you it’s cheaper to buy the original item rather than print it, and it needs to be very strong to do its job, they are made of aluminum or steel, depending on the brand. Peter J. Morris By Hand & Hammer Stagecraft Inc. (250) 413-7939 ---

**Author:** ![mtech541](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@mtech541](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/mtech541)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/grip-head/25942/13 "2025-12-15T20:24:22Z")

That would be great! I was hoping to save almost $60 and print something on my 3d printer that could manage to hold a small scrim. Thoughts? ---

**Author:** ![Hammerhand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/hammerhand/32/13455_2.png) [@Hammerhand](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Hammerhand)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/grip-head/25942/14 "2025-12-15T21:51:46Z")

For a small scrim, you don’t need a 2 ½” grip head. Kudos makes a pretty nifty little mini head. The thing is, grip heads are the catastrophic fail point in any lighting set up, you don’t want to go half arsed. All grip heads are tighten to the right, loosen to the left, for good reason. Also, this model was not built for manufacture, it was built for components in an animation. ---

**Author:** ![Hammerhand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/hammerhand/32/13455_2.png) [@Hammerhand](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Hammerhand)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/grip-head/25942/15 "2025-12-21T19:57:50Z")

**Author:** ![SCALEMODEL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@SCALEMODEL](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/SCALEMODEL)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/grip-head/25942/16 "2025-12-21T23:42:10Z")

Printing metal design with 3d printer plastic your bound to suffer catastrophic fail, I have learned my lesson. If you do want to 3d print you really want to thicken and reinforce it.