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HOW TO MAKE A TRACK DOLLY ~ LOW-BUDGET FIMMAKING (UK)
Uploaded by: rickvanman
Video Description:
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.
Total cost of the dolly was about £80.
Total Dolly size = 2ft wide x 3ft long.
Type of pipe used for track = 32mm waste pipe.
Angle alluminium width = 2in x 2in at 3mm thick.
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.
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Then removed a further 1/2"/12mm strip from one of the two remaining edges. Prime one half with PVC primer and then using plumber's PVC glue, squeeze the slit pipe and slide it half way into one of the two metre lengths of PVC water pipe. It "dries" almost instantly. You can now join up two pieces of pipe very easily forming runs of whatever length you desire.
For good curves, you can use certain casters from an office computer chair. They have a gap in the center that would straddle a pvc pipe just fine. But there might not be enough grip, but that can be fixed.