My Tripod Got Missing

Every time I used my full-size tripod, I would bring it back basically to the same place indoors. Now, I don’t find it anywhere; outside, in a car, etc. Anyways, my favorite types of tripod heads are those inverted ball heads and Pistol Grips, although some panning heads are great also. I’ve been wanting to get a hold of a specific component which was initially designed for use with a CNC machine; instead of spending about one hundred & twenty dollars for a ready-bought macro slider, I decided that the CNC component could work equally great but at a small fraction of the price of a store-bought macro rail. The store-bought rails are great but they are about three times longer than what I want.