Skateboard dolly: DONE

The speed rail track will eventually be moco'ed and the PVC is the live action setup.

She rolls like a champ.

Final tweaks to the carriage.

I decided to shorten the spacers and change them to steel.


The belly.

I made the trolleys attach with wing nuts for versatility.

Ghetto Machine Shop Part One

Picasa won't let you upload more than a certain amount, so this will come in two parts.
this is the "top" post

I came up with a "non machine shop" solution to line up the holes on the speed rail.


The Ghetto machine shop.


Drill the first hole and secure a level to the pipe.



Line up the next one and drill away.

Ghetto Machine Shop Part Two

Tapity tap tap.


Found these cool thread inserts.


And there you go.

The "Speedy Gonzalez"

Working on the skateboard dolly today.

I have the wheels built and am debating on the best platform/attachment method. I think I am going to go for a couple of pieces of 3/4" plywood screwed together and figure some ingenious way to attach the wheels accurately. Then, there is the issue of how to get the speed rail attached to the cross pieces. I am thinking of drilling ant tapping, but getting a perfect center line series of holes with my shitty drill press seems daunting.


The inspiration for the name of the track.

The rough-in of the track.

Another wide shot.

Detail of the bits.

"Signature Series" Motion Control

Old School Boss Film driver boxes, getting ready to be resurrected into "modrin" moco.

The state of things.

At present, there are a bunch of motors, some old scrapped driver boxes from Boss Film and an arduino card that I barely know how to use. Over the next few months we're going to get all this transformed into a working rig or two and be dialed in to do some kick ass stop-mo camera work and maybe a little time lapse.

Wish me luck.