Recommend me a good DIY dolly kit to purchase

MatthewC

MatthewC

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I'm looking to put together a dolly, and I recall seeing some kits you can put together yourself, or it just contains the wheels on metal already and you put it on your own wood, etc.
Anyone got a few ones they can recommend and I can order? From simple to more advanced kits, I just need to purchase one quickly.

Cheers!

Matthew
 
Actually just painting it black and printing a cool sticker would make him able to take double that price... :beer:
 
But it's better than any DIYer can do, because it's been "precision machined to insure that all wheel are touching the track at the same time for smooth trouble free operation"
 
Not a bad deal guys. For your average dude who isn't a DIY pro, this will probably be better. New bearings and wheels and as said above is precision machined. Also some wheel assemblies are more expensive if they swivel for curved tracks and so they can hold more weight. The may look the same but some sets can hold a thousand pounds.
 
can someone please tell me what those metallic sections are called that the wheels are attached to. I went to home depot and could not find them. I saw an almost identical section but it was some very light aluminum material that bends very easily so did not seem that durable at all.
Where can I find such pieces and what are they called, what metal are they?

Thanks
 
Homunculus said:
can someone please tell me what those metallic sections are called that the wheels are attached to. I went to home depot and could not find them. I saw an almost identical section but it was some very light aluminum material that bends very easily so did not seem that durable at all.
Where can I find such pieces and what are they called, what metal are they?

Thanks
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It's just called angled aluminum.
 
It's angled aluminum. Honestly for the price that's not bad at all. Have to remember if you don't own a drill press, proper fixtures, drills, saw, etc.. it's going to cost a lot more than that, not to mention if you mess up. To get the holes perfectly lined up without using a CNC/milling machine it will take some time. The next issue would be making the hole on the angle. Last the top half was milled off creating a pocket to set a bolt/nut 100% flat to the frame.

Any machine shop would charge close to $25 - $40 just to machine the AL parts (tooling & setup fee, machining time, finishing, etc..) Next wheels, bearings, washers & bolts. Yes with a few hours in the garage and the right tools you can make one cheaper, but is it worth your time is the question....



Aluminum can be found here

http://www.metalexpress.net/cgi-bin...Aluminum&sid=f5a17f1a70e39b779438cbd17af03c9c
 
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