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Given the camera kit you're planning to use on it and the locations, I'd buy one. You can find used ones on the market.
It also creates a bad impression on a professional set if the kit looks home made and the cost of a quality build isn't cheap. Producers tend to less than impressed if they have to do numerous re-takes because the kit isn't good enough - assuming you get the chance for retakes before they fire you or not use you again. Given the way they use Jimmy Jibs on OBs & TV studios, I wouldn't even consider building one - the R & D would take months.
Also, bear in mind that camera cranes are dangerous and insurance companies might be less than impressed if there's claim due a poorly constructed crane.
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