Posted by Brandon Lee

DETAILS AND PARTS LIST:

Total cost of the dolly was about £80.

Total Dolly size = 2ft wide x 3ft long.

Type of pipe used for track = 32mm PVC waste pipe.

Angle alluminium width = 2in x 2in at 3mm thick. (2 x 3ft lengths)

Carriage bolts: 6 x 4in (to hold the angle aluminium to the board).

Carriage bolts: 16 x 2in (to bolt the wheels to the angle aluminium)

MAIN BOARD: 2 X sheets of 2ft X 3ft 7-PLY sheets screwed together with 30mm self-tapping screws.

Skateboard wheel spacers x 16

skateboard wheels x 16. Dia: 50mm (52mm are also ok)

Bearing assemblies x 32




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.