Homemade Dolly

UPDATE. OLD. HAVE MADE A NEW VERSION.
DIY tracking dolly made from pvc pipe so it could be stored easly.i made 2 lengths of pipe 4 the middle so it can fit though door ways.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• homemade
• camcorder
• camera
• tracking
• dolly
• filming
• rig

[bruvvamoff]

What skateboard wheels did you use? Would abec 5 be good bearings?

[mmovie]

@bruvvamoff some old ones. get large ones maybe longboard wheels, make it much smoother as there softer too. any abec as youll be holding it anyway wouldnt really make a difference.

[bruvvamoff]

@mmovie Another question.. would it go round a bend with the wheels staggered like that?

[mmovie]

@bruvvamoff No, they need to be able to swivel independently , u can buy sets and just bolt them onto a board or something. try ebay

[chrisbanach]

just a question: why not rather use simply a tripod on wheels? they sell wheeled dolly adapter at BHPhotoVideo for $39...

Enter this in their search engine: Davis & Sanford W3 Universal Folding Dolly with 3" Ball Rubber Wheels

just my 2cents

[mmovie]

Yh, a couple of months ago i got that dolly with the caster wheels, and made it so i can screw on the skateboard wheels and put it on a track.

[conebit3]

nice...



[jcarrig]

all these diy dolly's look slightly bumpy to the point that it defeats the purpose, i would never want to use that footage.

[bruvvamoff]

@mmovie Another question.. would it go round a bend?

[jason38653]

i would make a inception joke ... but " camception " doesn't sound right :P

[jamesebrunson]

@thomasdaniel1986

I find it funny that you wrote that chrisbanach guy a reply to his comment that he wrote 2 years ago. LOL Now that's good comedy.

[thomasdaniel1986]

@chrisbanach - A tripod with wheels is not near as clean as this type of tracking setup.... try to use the tripod with wheels on a sidewalk; every TINY bump you touch will result in trashed video.... this tracking system avoids any slight bump what-so-ever, giving you clean movement.