DIY: Stealth (Skater) Dolly v.2

brad: just be aware that you might have issues with the size of the wheel in that you might not be able to flip it over to have a lower profile - my 70mm wheels and the bracket i am going to use to screw em down means i have like 2mm of space on the low side - hope that makes sense.

Darren: in regards the sandwiching part - do u mean that you intentionally have a piece of screw longer than the board so it sticks out the other end so it will go into the other piece -

actually just had an idea - maybe use a bolt instead... have the bolt some what permanently in the cicle pieces - and PRE DRILL a few holes (eg 1 at 0deg, 1 at 45deg and so on) in to the bigger piece, that way you can lock the angle of the wheels at any degree....

does this make sense? - only thing is stability and ensure that the unit doesnt shake and stuff (eg if hole is too big) i guess
 
Hi!

here is some pics of my "roller":

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total cost: 60 euro

I chose to keep the original shape and wheels locations of the PS technik.
And I'm using some laser pointer to tune the wheels positions (and also using dial found on this forum).
Works very well but not very reliable as parts need to be machined precisely to be really effective.
 
Hitcher,

Nice! Simple design. Good job.

Do you have any of the dimensions for the wheels, the brackets. Looks like no lazy susan. How smooth does it rotate? What kind of spacer did you use?

We'd like to see any video that you may have taken with it.
Thanks, Brad
 
JustinT said:
brad: just be aware that you might have issues with the size of the wheel in that you might not be able to flip it over to have a lower profile - my 70mm wheels and the bracket i am going to use to screw em down means i have like 2mm of space on the low side - hope that makes sense.

Darren: in regards the sandwiching part - do u mean that you intentionally have a piece of screw longer than the board so it sticks out the other end so it will go into the other piece -

actually just had an idea - maybe use a bolt instead... have the bolt some what permanently in the cicle pieces - and PRE DRILL a few holes (eg 1 at 0deg, 1 at 45deg and so on) in to the bigger piece, that way you can lock the angle of the wheels at any degree....

does this make sense? - only thing is stability and ensure that the unit doesnt shake and stuff (eg if hole is too big) i guess
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Justin,

I hadn't sized the construction yet, but you're probably right with the lower profile problem with smaller wheels. Let me do some measuring. Thanks.

Brad
 
Darren,

what did you use as your 90 degree brackets to attach your wheels? Did you custom cut and drill some 90 degree alumn or did you find them already like that?

I tried to use a 2 inch 90 degree brace, but it was too long and would not let the unit flip properly.

Did you have any trouble getting your wheels dead centered in the middle of the lazy susan?
 
Bena,

I try to keep a length of 1" aluminum angle around to make custom brackets when needed.

After I cut the brackets, I attached the wheels before drilling and mounting to the wood. That way they would not bind.

Since I used a compass to define the wooden circles, I had the center point. From there I made sure to have perpendicular lines drawn early on. The screw holes on lazy suzan are at 45 degree angles so when each one can be placed on a line, the bearing must be dead center.

Good questions!

Darren
 
What does it cost to Print those up? I just finished building my Skater with Lazy Susans, and I figure it took about 10 hrs to build. With what you did It should take 2 hrs.

Of course I can ride on mine... evil grin....

Any chance you could make a version of those that work with 100mm wheels?
 
i built my skater and did some tests.. Damn thing has a wobble. My best guess is one of the wheels is not really round. I wonder if there is any way to test this?
 
Wobbles are the bane of my existence when it comes to my DIY grip gear. I am enherently non-handy. I've started to lay down long strips of cardboard on carpet when I use my skater.
 
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