Thanks Ken, it looks like a good idea. I got to snooping around on Google and found this site:
http://homebuiltstabilizers.com
Check it out!
I'm fairly new to digicams and video editing. I bought Pinnacle Studio 9 AV/DV with a cpature card for about $80. It comes with a firewire card and cable. The card also has RCA inputs so you can plug in a VCR and convert your old VCR tapes to DVD. My Panasonic digicam does analog to digital pass thru so I can run the VCR into the camera and go out firewire to the computer. Studio 9 is okay, but you get what you pay for. If you keep up with the updates it seems like they have got most bugs out.