Im'a buildin a Dolly!

i have built a dolly that looks EXACTLY like yours. everything is the same except that i have skateboard wheels. 8 of them... however, whenever i transfer from one piece of track to the next i get an awful jilt. -- im not sure what a solution might be but it feels like i've tried everything. does offsetting the wheels help? like setting wheels on set a little bit in front of the next... get what im sayin? maybe i need more wheels as well?
 
Offsetting the wheels will help, but the problem is in the track connection. Even on a Chapman dolly, something as small as a blade of grass on the track can cause a visible bump, so that connection has to be *smooooooth*!
 
Im going to connect them internally, though I dont know if it will work. I'll take advantage of Panasonic's awful EIS and hope that it will help.
 
I just found out that the dolly wont fit through a standard door. Make the width smaller that 3 feet, folks, dont make the mistake I did.
 
Nice and good work but you have to paint it black. @ around 30 sek. in your footage you move it and the dolly reflect on a black plate.
 
Question dude, for that Dolly you built, how thick is that piece of wood? And what If I would want the tracks ro be longer, is there a way to have long tracks for that dolly but like also something that could fit in a car.? how do u link up the metal pipes together? With no mistakes of the dolly having little jumps or anything.?
 
Suggestion

Suggestion

Might I make a suggestion, I built my dolly to be exactly like yours, but I put another T-bar on the handle (where it mounts to the plywood and on the handle side) and then mounted the whole assembly to the plywood using 2" U-shaped bolts. This allows you to have a smoother start and stop because the handle can bend. Also allows the handle to fold flat for storage without having to remove the whole thing.


Just a suggestion!

I've built a dolly, crane, and steadicam complete with vest. In the future looking to use an RC controller to come up with a remote pan and tilt head for the crane.


Tim
 
HBS Board

HBS Board

I have seen the Home Built Stabalizers board, but I dont think I have posted. I should take some footage or pics and post them there! My stabalizer and everything works OK, its just I used a Glidecam 2000 sled and the camera I have is TOO light for it and if I get an HVX, then it will be too HEAVY, so I am looking into replacing the Glidecam 2000 sled I have with the Glidecam 4000 sled. The arm is articulated and the springs hold nicely. The vest could have been sewn better (cant sew to save my life!).

I like it, just wish I had a decent camera to put on it! That and something to shoot would be nice! I actually wish I could redo it, take a little more time to do it. It is functional, but not asthetically pleasing. I had to do it in a time crunch. I took a machine shop class to do it and had to finish the class work first before I could use the last 2 weeks to work on the stabalizer. I did all that and finished up pharmacy school at the same time.


Thanks
Tim!
 
>finished up pharmacy school at the same time

Yeah, I remember you now, congrats on getting thru school. Please post some pics of your rigs, it's always good to see how other people come up with solutions!
 
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