dolly for £0
 

I started a thread a while back about cheap sit on dolly options...well I decided to make my own.

This was made with junk lying around my house for absolutely nothing. As you can see it can be useed with either my Glidecam v8 Arm for extra stability or just the tripod. It is pushed and steered from the from the smaller axle at the back and fits through any doorway.

Just thought you might like to have a look =) click on the "origional size" option under the picture for full rez

http://livedigital.com/AMNbKgDoWg/content/28212

http://livedigital.com/AMNbKgDoWg/content/28213/

http://livedigital.com/AMNbKgDoWg/content/28214/


Andy.

Andy,
GREAT WORK!

That looks very good. - And I'd dare to guess that the footage you can get with that thing is prety darn nice too.

An example to us all in resourcefullness.

- Mikko

Nice One...
 

Nice one Andy.... looks like you could have a wee business sideline there :)

Stu...
www.studioscotland.co.uk

Stewart

Just had a peek at your site, nice one! Checked out your Apollo interview.....did I see Andy on his home made dolly!!!
That guy will go ANYWHERE for the shot!

Tony

LOL......whatever it takes man!

Andy.

Are the links dead?

It would appear so. :(

Send in some pics to HBS, me and I'll take a look at them and put them up in the gallery. Got some good quality ones?

Yeah I went to livedigital and they have changed it so I have re uploaded the pics and I'll put them below.

http://livedigital.com/AMNbKgDoWg/content/75040/

http://livedigital.com/AMNbKgDoWg/content/75039/

http://livedigital.com/AMNbKgDoWg/content/75042/

click on "view origional size" below the pic for full rez

I've previewd my post and tested them and they work for me

Hopefully they will work for you too....let me know if there are anymore problems.

Andy.

Hi Andy! Thanks for this .. but it appears I have to sign up? Is this true?

"This media is marked as PRIVATE and can only be viewed by the user that uploaded it."

What next?

Grazie

Sorry. Still no go.

hold on i'll see if i can fix it

. . . and a "tense" hush came over the waiting crowd . . . you could hear a pin drop . . .

try this link ....if it works i'll post the other two.

http://livedigital.com/AMNbKgDoWg/content/75055/

Andy, I got this message trying to view your pics:
This media is marked as PRIVATE and can only be viewed by the user that uploaded it

Think you have to change some rights on the server!

- Per Johan

Forget about my previous message, it seems to work now!

- Per Johan

"Hurrah!" . .In like flint! Worked like a quick thing slipping through slipping things that would slip on anything slippy! It was that fast . .

Grazie

even the new link , i marked it as make public when i uploaded it....thats strange

yeeeehaaa. let me know what you think

Andy

I think that is perfect use of your Glidecam v8 Arm! Excellent idea. And yes the dolly looks very stable too!

More pics? PLease?

G

here are the other two pics

http://livedigital.com/AMNbKgDoWg/content/75059/

http://livedigital.com/AMNbKgDoWg/content/75060/

Very impressed. Again. If you would like me to put some pics up on HBS let me know.

How "hard" are those tyres? Is it softish compo?

I presume you throw a seat on the square plate to sit on? Yes?

What do you actually grab hold on to keep steady - while holding the camera arem? Where DO you hold the camera? Loose?

G

yeah why not charles ,I take it you'll just right click save as on the pics i up loaded...unless your on a mac in which case you'll have no right click (i switched from pc to mac recently and i miss my right click!)

they are pneumatic tyres so are good over uneven ground.

yes i will be putting a seat on there ,at the moment it's just some scafolding that i found out the back of my house

i don't intend to be going fast enough to need to hold on!,....however i have another rig that you might like ,it goes in a small trailer and is pulled by my quad bike...pics soon!

with the camera you just treat it like your wearing the steadicam.

Andy