rails on a tripod?

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We're having an outdoors shoot that will take place in a foot
or so of water, so we won't be able to lay any track to dolly on,
or anything like that, this will be a quick in and out shoot, so...

Question:

what is the attachment called that makes it so that your
camera can slide back and forth (dolly) on the top of your tripod,
say 3 feet horizontally? (not a crane) And if anyone knows,
please send a link to how to make one.

I'm getting no where searching around for
'rails' / 'tripod', etc.


Thank you!
 
I'm not sure if this helps, but check into some stuff called "Speed-Rail", it's manafactured by Holleander. I noticed that you're in Oregon, look up "pacific metals" and "Grainger industrial supplies" and you should be able to get ahold of some. These fittings might allow you to adapt rails to a tripod, or combo stand, and then you could make a small dolly for your camera that would go onto these. You could manafacture a small skate-wheel dolly for a high-hat board, and then mount your camera on the high hat. What sort of camera are you using?
 
good resources

good resources

thanks jason, that indislider looks super. its expensive tho.
think i'll have to try and make my own perhaps using
the material references pdx-dvx sent (thx fellow pdxer).
Plus the indie slider looks really heavy.
I'd like mine to be lighter. Someone must
have made one on dvx user, we're a crafty bunch.

Oh, and i'm using the hvx200. love it!
 
Here are a couple pics of a test slider I made awhile back out of scrap material laying around the garage. 1'x3' piece of shelving for the platform, 1" pvc for the rails, and 1x6 for the deck. It was very easy to make and should cost less than 20 dollars to buy the materials and make one.

SliderDolly1.jpg



SliderDolly2.jpg
 
oh, of course

oh, of course

just a regular skater dolly, but smaller,
i dunno, but this thing could get addictive,
who needs a regular dolly when we could
just build tons of these and mount them on
lots of tripods, and the dp could
just move around alongside
the track, even a 20 foot track
snaking along, if we wanted...

okay, now i'm getting carried away,
but i see your point ChainSmoker,
easy. thank you,

and thanks jvc,
but somehow i can't access that pic (?)

oh, and p.s. my feature is about a woman
that doesn't know she's a goddess.
 
The purpose of rails/tracks is to get a smooth shot over a rough surface.

Why not just float the camera on something (stable enough to not rock) if you're in water?
 
what about making some kind of cable system? Use fence poles with eyelets to secure ropes to it so you can tent stake them into the ground. Like you secure a volleyball net. Use some kind of pulley platform (plywood with pulleys attatched) to run the camera across the cables. Just a thought.
 
Alright can someone answer this question for me. Where does everyone seem to get these really afforable skate wheels from? Last time I bought some I had to buy 4 skateboards from wallmart at 9 bucks a pece and take the wheels from them.
 
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