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How to build your own track dolly.

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Well, I've had the dolly I built for almost a year now and I decided to make a tutorial on it since I've been rebuilding my site (not quite finished yet). Anywho, here is the link to the tutorial page on it, I hope this helps.

http://kentertainmentpicts.tripod.com/id17.html
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Wow, that's GREAT!

Questions:

1) What size bolts did you use for the wheels? I suppose it may depend on the type of wheels you get.

2) Can you upload a final picture of the full dolly? Like with the carpet, tripod and on its tracks? EDIT: Just saw it, browsing your site. Looks good :D

Props on the tutorial and the track idea is awesome. Good work.
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Excellent, I'll be making one of these myself in a month or two! Where can I get the wheels from? Is there somewhere online that sells them?
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I'm not sure what size the bolts are, I'll have to go see the next time I use the dolly which will probably be soon. The wheels I used were just plain wheels you'd find on rollerblades which I'm sure you could buy at any sporting goods store (not sure how much), the wheels I got were generously donated by a friend who knew I needed some.

Here is a full pic (without carpet). I just had some carpet laying around and thought I'd give my dolly some style.
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How much did all of this cost together?
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Probably next to nothing. You can probably find alot of the stuff needed around the house.
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Angle Iron so F****n expensive though.
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The angle iron was (like =JDL= said) just lying around my house. The only thing that cost me was the 3/4 plywood for about $15, the galvanized steel (all together) for about $25, and the nuts, bolts, and pipe ends to stick the tripod legs in was about $10. So it was only about $50 as opposed to renting or buying a proffesional dolly for $1-2,000. The only problem I find every now and then is the terrain can make it just a slight bit bumpy. I solved this problem by getting those thin, foam peices you put under sleeping bags when you go camping and put them under the track.
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Even though I probably know the answer to this question, Has this tutorial served any purpose to anybody?

By the way, you can check out a shot used with the dolly in the Code of Dissolution trailer, it's only momentarily. http://www.matthawkins.co.uk/forum/view ... c&start=25
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I currently did a revising of my website so you can now find this tutorial (which I improved) at http://kentertainmentpicts.tripod.com/d ... orial.html enjoy!
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this is great but finding the stuff will be difficult.
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Great Tutorial!
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Post by MGH »

check this out. it tells you how to build an awesome dolly

http://www.angelfire.com/movies/nobudge ... etsfx.html.
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Just thought people might be interested in seeing this track dolly we built for The Forest II, following the basics of several designs you see on the 'net. The frame itself is plywood. The handle is from an old ironing board. The wheels we got from a friend of ours who works at a bakers - they're designed for rolling large trays of bread into storage, and fit perfectly on the large drainpipe we used as tracks. Got a really nice, smooth movement from it.

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Where is this tutorial?
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Hey youngfilmmaker, this tutorial was on my older website and I got rid of it as I built my new one. I am actually planning on taking the whole dolly apart soon and working out some of the kinks in it so it'll rid smoother. Anyway, when I'm doing this I'll take some pictures and work on a new tutorial when I have time.

Hrmm...maybe I'll make a video tutorial...
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Yea, Make a video tutorial. That will be sweet!
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