BENDING as well as printing A curved video camera DOLLY TRACK

exactly how lucky is [Transistor Man] that he discovered the materials for the tracks of this curved video camera dolly just lying around the shop? The three rails making up the system are quarter-inch diameter as well as he was able to bend them by hand with the assist of a 55 gallon drum. however to hold them in location to ensure that the video camera dolly would run smoothly he had to discover a method to exactly area the tracks.

The robot arm you see in the photo above is a 3D printer which ended up being the easiest service to the problem. With a bit of trial as well as error he discovered a style that holds the tracks in location without interfering with the video camera sled’s progress. From there he devised a mounting system which uses three video camera tripods to hold the track. You can see a test video shot from the dolly track embedded after the jump. It’s the opposite of the bullet time rigs [Caleb’s] been working on lately.

We figure the spacers would work for any type of track shape, however if you’re going for a challenging path you requirement some type of pipe bender to assist out.