In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Brian Sharrock wrote:

I have a laser leveller which came with a tripod ...
I also have a camera ...
the tripod's device mounting bolt is the wrong size for the camera.

Does anybody know of any outfit that might sell an adaptor
tripod-to-camera? [I've tried to Google and even tried talking to a
'yoof' in Jessops withj no joy]
There seems to be a plethora of adjustable 'heads' for panning,
tilting et al,
cameras - but these all seem to attach on to a 'standard' camera bolt.

The tripod has a shiny 'bolt' which when unscrewed appears to be
an 18mm o.d. fine threaded attachment to the tripod's vertical tube.
On top of this bolt is a stub which appears to be 15mm o.d. with a
coarse thread - [the laser leveller's plate screw onto this].
The camera screws onto a standard(?) 1/4"(6mm0 bolt ... at least
it accepted a M&S mini tripod without problem.

I need to know - or phrase a question that camera shop folks can
answer- how do I utilise the tripod (that I've got) with a camera?

Any help will be appreciated ... I can't be the first to have this
'problem' can I?

Well, this *is* a DIY group - how about making something?

Get hold of a short length of 50mm square steel or aluminium tubing - a
couple of inches will do. Drill a clearance hole for the 15mm stub in the
middle of one face, and find a nut to fit it. Drill a clearance hole for a
6mm bolt (or 1/4" whitworth - or whatever a camera thread is) in the
opposite face, and find a suitable bolt to pass up through the hole into the
camera.
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Cheers,
Set Square
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