Dolly pics + footage

pfista

pfista

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I spent most of the day building a dolly, the second of my DIY adventures.

It cost me like 80 dollars, only because the bearings and wheels costed 50 dollars from sun and ski. I still feel like I got a little jipped on this one.

The footage is pretty bad, considering I still have to mess with the bearings because they are uneven. I think I will be able to calibrate the bearings well enough and actually get some good footage out of it though.

the footage: www.latenightsnack.com/upload/files/riverside/dolly.mov
the video is ~15 megs and it won't stream, so wait for it to completly load and it'll start playing.
or just rightclick-save as

Here are some pics:







If anyone knows of a way to extend pvc pipe then let me know, because right now i'm limited to 10 feet of pvc. But actually I only have like 6ft of movement because the board im using is 4 ft long.
 
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I've seen some DYI pvc pipe joiners made from a piece of 6 inch piece of pvc pipe stuck 3inches inside each pipe. just use a saw and rip it lengthwise and take a little of it out so you can fit it inside. I've heard of people using dowel that they lathed/carved/sanded down to the prefect diameter to fit inside. just make sure theyre snug, and then tape over the joint.
 
You MUST use 1.5" sch 40 pvc... then make your "inserts" from 1.25" sch 40 pvc... I would cut the 1.25" into 12" sections... but FIRST cut a slot out of the entire length of pipe that is about .5" wide... just use a straight edge to mark the lines. The best way to cut that slot out is by using a jigsaw with a very short blade (so that it will not hit the inside of the other side of the pvc).

After you have your slot out, cut your 1 foot sections. If you have a miterbox then this will be super easy.

You can make it easier to put the sections in, for joining the pvc, by using a file to slightly angle or round the ends of the "plugs".

The ONLY pvc that works like this is 1.5" for the rails and 1.25" for the inserts. Don't waste your time trying anything else... I've been down all those roads and this is the only road to success with pvc track.
 
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