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HOW TO MAKE A TRACK DOLLY ~ LOW-BUDGET FIMMAKING (UK)

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There didn't seem to be much help on this subject on YouTube, so I decided to make a "How-to" video. I just Googled "how to make a track dolly", and some of the sites I originally used to make my track dolly no longer appear to be there. However, Googling "track dolly skateboard wheels" turned up lots of useful sites that should help you. DETAILS AND PARTS LIST: Total cost of the dolly was about £80. Total Dolly size = 2ft wide x 3ft long. Type of pipe used for track = 32mm PVC waste pipe. Angle alluminium width = 2in x 2in at 3mm thick. (2 x 3ft lengths) Carriage bolts: 6 x 4in (to hold the angle aluminium to the board). Carriage bolts: 16 x 2in (to bolt the wheels to the angle aluminium) MAIN BOARD: 2 X sheets of 2ft X 3ft 7-PLY sheets screwed together with 30mm self-tapping screws. Skateboard wheel spacers x 16 skateboard wheels x 16. Dia: 50mm (52mm are also ok) Bearing assemblies x 32 NOTE: Angle aluminium is a lot easier to work with than angle iron - which is very heavy and hard to drill cut. It also goes rusty and is generally not much fun to handle. ALSO: Try to get the wheels positioned closer together so they sit on the upper/top portion of the track rather than middle/sides of the track. (Or in other words - go for a small/narrow "L" shape area for the track to sit in) I found wider-spaced wheels were trying to bend the pipe and make the dolly harder more jerky to push with weight on it. Enjoy please comment if you watch. Honours: #91 - Most Responded (This Month) - Howto Style #77 - Most Responded (All Time) - Howto Style

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: rickvanman

Length: 09:12
Rating: 4.80
Views: 115799

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alibass1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
thanks for the idea, helps alot my shots get smoother
rokyfox (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
what a hell is a track dolly?
bdub2291 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
never mind! we ended up using 76 mm inline skating wheels, and it works beautifully. we did have to space the wheels a little bit from the board, however. we felt inline skate wheels might be a quieter solution.
kadenlover11 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
what the hell is a track dolly? (:I
bdub2291 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Do you think 53 mm skateboard wheels would be alright?
DirtWorks2008 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Great work! Thanks so much for the tips.
pbates (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Rick, Thanks for the tutorial. Really happy with how my dolly came out! :-)
123sergione (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
great! thanks for this add, now i try to build one and then post on youtube, see you!
brokentapedeck (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
great vid I got a lot out of it thank you for posting it!
Djmorley1169 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
that was very use full thanks for that coz i was thinking how i needed to get hold of one but now im goin to make one lol

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