SNAPMARK Clapper Sticks (Large) - B-Stock

Why this one is B-Stock

Two of these came off the machine with cosmetic faults, so they are going out at half price.

Two things are wrong with them, and both are surface only. The UV ink oversprayed onto the black body in places, so there are light marks along some edges where the black should be clean. And in some areas the UV print itself has come out rough rather than smooth. That is the whole list.

Every one of those marks is in the photos above, shot close and lit hard so nothing is hidden. What you see is what arrives.

Nothing else is different. The body, the hinge, the magnets and the colour bars all do exactly what they should. It claps the same, it sounds the same and it reads the same on camera. It just did not meet the finish standard we hold for a full price stick, so it is $39 instead of $79.

Any part we make that would otherwise go in the bin for looks alone ends up here in the B-Stock clearance rather than in the waste. Same tool, honest price, one less thing thrown away.

What it is

A clean, loud, repeatable sync mark. Nothing else in the way.

SNAPMARK Clapper Sticks are built for the moment that actually matters on set: the clap. The body is carbon fibre reinforced ABS, stiff enough to give a sharp attack every time and light enough at 160 grams that it lives in the bottom of your bag without you noticing it. The colour bars and greyscale ramp are UV-cured resin bonded into the surface, not a laminate stuck on top.

Mounts on a 1/4-20, and the eyelet bolt is included

There is a 1/4-20 threaded brass insert in the end of the hinge block. The D-ring eyelet bolt pictured screws straight into it, so you can clip the sticks to a carabiner, a cart or the outside of a bag and stop losing them. Take the eyelet out and the same thread drops onto any 1/4-20 stud, so a magic arm or a cheese plate will hold it.

Sticks on their own, because that is how they get used

Half the marks on a real day are not full board marks. Tail sticks. Sticks only, no board, because camera is already rolling and there is no time. A single clap at the top of the day to line up six cameras and two recorders. Sync for a drone, a crash cam, a car mount, a POV rig you cannot physically hold a slate in front of. Second unit. Plates. Stunts. Rehearsal.

If you are already logging scene, take, roll and lens in a camera report, the board is a heavier copy of information you have written down twice. The sticks are the part that cannot be replaced by an app.

Built for every condition

Carbon fibre reinforced ABS does not absorb water, so it cannot warp or swell the way timber does. The colour bars are UV-cured resin bonded into the surface, so there is no edge for water to get under and nothing to peel. Rain, dust, cold, heat, hose it down at the end of the day. It comes back the same.

Magnetic mounting, tuned by feel

Magnets are embedded along the underside face and a full-length tongue-and-groove channel runs the length of the stick, so you can mount them to a board on the days you need one. The magnets are tuned, not brutal. Strong enough to hold through a hard clap, light enough to pop off one-handed without bracing it against your knee. No hex key, no tools, nothing to lose on a wrap-out.

The channel takes standard acrylic slates, and they will mount to 3D Film Parts boards as those land.

Serviceable, not disposable

The hinge runs on three M5 socket cap bolts with nyloc lock nuts. If it ever loosens, you tighten it. If you ever need parts, we send you parts. This is a tool, not a throwaway.

Specifications

• Dimensions: 250 mm long, 50 mm tall, 35 mm thick
• Weight: 160 g
• Body: carbon fibre reinforced ABS, textured low-glare finish
• Graphics: UV-cured resin bonded into the surface, scratch-resistant, will not peel
• Layout: colour bars into stepped greyscale ramp
• Hinge: 3 x M5 socket cap bolts with nyloc lock nuts
• Mounting: 1/4-20 brass threaded insert, embedded magnets, full-length tongue-and-groove channel
• Weather-resistant, will not warp or swell
• Condition: B-Stock, cosmetic seconds. UV ink overspray on the body and rough patches in the UV print, as pictured. Fully functional.
• Designed, printed and finished in Melbourne, Australia

In the box

• 1 x SNAPMARK Clapper Sticks (Large), B-Stock, assembled and ready to use
• 1 x 1/4-20 D-ring eyelet bolt

Sold exactly as photographed. The cosmetic marks are the reason for the price, so they are described and shown up front rather than buried. Everything else carries the same support as a full price stick.