Super Cheap DIY Dolly rig for DSLR Canon 60d

Geek of the Week #2

The first thing we did after getting our Canon 60d DSLR was to make a DIY (do it yourself) dolly slash trucking rig for it.

We made some custom aluminum mounts for roller blade wheels that we found at Big 5. It is a tripod system, so it has two sets of wheels on one track and one set on the other.

The tracks were just pieces of aluminum 90 degree angle bars.

All in all this was super cheap to make. The wheels were probably the most expensive part, costing about 30 bucks... but you could easily get some at goodwill or something like that. The aluminum was second at 8 bucks a rail. Everything else was scrap wood and random bolts.

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• canon 60d
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[jsparlin]

Can you post a parts list with sizes of the wood used... etc?

[AORPAD]

@jsparlin Yeah, I'm working on that... there is more information on our blog.

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[jsparlin]

@AORPAD Ya I checked there too, but it didnt have one either. Great design by the way.

[AORPAD]

@jsparlin yeah I know it doesnt have the parts list yet. Still working on it. Honestly this camera dolly didn't have much planning... It was a construct as you go project.

Parts List:

4 sticks of wood

3 closet rod pole holder cups

2 6 - 10 foot 90 degree aluminum rail

1 smaller chuck of 90 degree aluminum rail (for the wheel holders)

6 1/4 20 bolts (length depends on the construction of the wheel holding brackets)

12 1/4 20 nuts

6 rollerblade wheels

and bolts/screws to attach wood together

[Humshkin]

I saw some vids about making one with pvc and the one I built took me under 2.5 hours and cost less than $30 (U.S.) check it out on my channel Thanks for your vid man I've now also built me this easy and cheap dolly in under 2.5 hours with skateboard wheels and PVC.

Check it out - short vid with samples on my channel

[Enriquehack]

the only problem with this is that if the floor isnt plane.. it s going to vibrate

[carstec442266]

This thing is awesome!!! do you have a build diagram?

[AORPAD]

@jimjaam1983 it get's really good at 3:41. BREAK IT DOWN!

[AORPAD]

@jimjaam1983 Oh... I see what you mean.

Thanks! I made the song myself. Not too bad... eh?

You can hear the whole track at youtube.com/watch?v=YCzji9GshA­8

Let me know what you think.

[jimjaam1983]

@AORPAD It is a good song does that help?