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$12 Dolly

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*Fujative*
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Just made a dolly. I just wanted to take some quick video. I used 4 80mm casters and 1/2in pvc pipe. Found a wood board in my garage, and boom, dolly. I want to make a handle for it to push that rather then the tripod. Pretty pumped to start using it. And yes, in the video, I know the first shot is not straight.

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Sep 24 2009 1:49PM
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thats sick man, im looking to build one sometime soon. you should look into finding more "rail" (pvc) for it and get some longer shots. but other than that good work!
Sep 24 2009 5:30PM
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Damn, I'll have to put a new picture up. Ya, I only picked up an 8ft tube and cut it in half to try it out. I will be picking up a lot more. The only downside to this is the casters arnt super smooth like wheels. So you just have to push a little harder.
Sep 24 2009 5:50PM
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mattytru
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man that looks really sick, i loved the shots with the dog

but yeah definitely get some more length on that
Sep 24 2009 6:32PM
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Static
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Way smoother than i expected it to be, nice job post some photos of the rig.
Sep 25 2009 6:32AM
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mattytru
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yeah i second the motion
Sep 25 2009 7:20AM
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Video with 10ft track. However one of the casters broke off so it didnt work all that great. I need to reenforce it. I also brought some work lights but the inverted died. So I needed to use car lights. So I need to do some tweaks on it to get in back in working order.

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Sep 25 2009 11:18AM
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powday
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very clean...


Sep 25 2009 2:54PM
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shragler
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sick dude. im sure you could get some better quality castors for not much more cash!
Sep 26 2009 1:54AM
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