Staying on the Ball

The other day I made myself a project to motivate myself to make more projects.

Camera Dolly

Over the past several months, I've been slowly building a dolly for my camera based on one I saw being used on a shoot I was working on awhile back.

I first built the platform with scrap wood, including notches at the top to hold the tripod and some triangular pieces at the bottom for the wheels. I bought some skateboard wheels for about $15 from eBay and screwed them in with some large bolts and washers I picked up for a few bucks from Ace Hardware on Trumbull. I then took a long piece of PVC pipe my Dad had laying around in his basement and cut it in half.

Next I built two saw horses with lumber I bought new for about $10.

And finally, here it is in its fully-functioning form for about $30. The one I originally saw from Dana Dolly retails for almost $900.