{"id":2705,"date":"2025-08-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/?p=2705"},"modified":"2025-08-26T09:40:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T16:40:13","slug":"a-replacement-pan-handle-for-a-pro-jr-friction-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/27\/a-replacement-pan-handle-for-a-pro-jr-friction-head\/","title":{"rendered":"A Replacement Pan Handle for a Pro Jr. Friction Head"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019m sure everyone out there knows the frustration of finding that perfect, bargain Pro Jr. friction head only to find out that the pan handle is missing. A client called to ask if I had such a friction head in stock and I did, but minus the pan handle. I do have a giant box full of pan handles from various pan tilt heads, but, as you might suspect, there were none for this particular Pro Jr. Head. The pan handle attaches to this series of Pro Jr. heads with a machined brass rosette that allows the handle to be installed in various positions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2701\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Four images of a Camera Equipment Company Pro Jr. pan tilt head with a close-up on the rosette where the pan handle attaches and on the name plate from the side of the friction head\" class=\"wp-image-2701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2702\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-3-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Four images of the beginning of the machining process of the replacement rosette and pan handle socket for a Camera Equipment Company Pro Jr. friction head\" class=\"wp-image-2702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-3-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-3-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is, of course, a proprietary rosette, and none of the after market parts I have seen are compatible. As I had a ready customer, it seemed like a nice distraction from other work to spend a few hours machining a custom rosette and pan handle to complete this friction head. As you can see in the pictures, there was quite a bit of machining to do to end up with a pan handle socket with the correct rosette on it, and the pan handle itself. I am glad that this Pro Jr. head and tripod have found a new home and purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2703\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-4-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Four images of the newly machined replacement rosette and pan handle socket with pan handle for a Camera Equipment Company Pro Jr. friction head\" class=\"wp-image-2703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-4-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-4-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-4.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2704\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-5-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Four images of the Camera Equipment Company Pro Jr. friction head on a tripod with replacement rosette and pan handle socket and new pan handle\" class=\"wp-image-2704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-5-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-5-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pro-jr-handle-5.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m sure everyone out there knows the frustration of finding that perfect, bargain Pro Jr. friction head only to find out that the pan handle is missing. A client called to ask if I had such a friction head in stock and I did, but minus the pan handle. I do have a giant box [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[255,73,93],"class_list":["post-2705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-camera-support","tag-camera-equipment-company","tag-friction-head","tag-pan-tilt-head"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2706,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2705\/revisions\/2706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemagear.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}