crazy idea: shake weight camera stabilizer?

I was looking at Johnny Chung Lee's $14 camera stablizer.

As absurd as it is, i think the shake weight might be useful in a camera stabilizer. perhaps mount the camera on one of the ends? i don't know how springy it is, i've never used one, but i'm sure we can design something to dampen any excessive bouncyness.

I'm envisioning a similar setup to johnny's, but with the shakeweight involved somewhere.

perhaps if someone has a shakeweight, and isn't embarresed to admit it, try taping/straping a camera to one end and do a quick experiment.

I don't know what you mean by "shakeweight" but the link shows a very basic steadycam.
So...you mean design something like this?

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... "shakeweight" should be the same as "seismic mass" - used for damping effekts when carrying heavy parts on elastic beams (or moving freehand)

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That sounds like something else then what Johnny Chung has build.
There is no elastic beam involved and the main part is a gimbal to isolate rotational movement from the operator to the camera.

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This is the shakeweight.

also, this:
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Hi Marcus,

... the carrying person is the elastic damper.

The elasticity and autoadjusting of the carried mass with the arms is the basic effect.

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