Mar.6, 2012
I am often impressed with timelapses made by smooth moving DSLR cameras capturing high quality photos or high definition videos. To make a time-lapse shooting a slider dolly is useful. Compared to basic nonmoving time-lapse, having the camera on a slider dolly will make yours stand out.
Derek Mellott from Edmonton, Canada is not only a photographer but also a designer and maker. He wanted an automated slider dolly, but didn't want to pay the high cost from dolly manufacturer. He started his home project of making a slider dolly few years ago. He has built up several dollies using materials he found at home that can be transformed into useful components. He wanted to build a compact dolly which was lighter, stronger, cheaper, faster to set up and good looking.
So here is the one, his latest system: a DIY Slidetracked, 3D printed, easy-to-assembled and fully featured time lapse dolly.
Several custom parts of this dolly are created and printed using 123D and 3D printer. Such as: slidetracked slider bracket, slidetracked belt grip top, slidetracked belt grip bottom and slidetracked microswitch mount etc.
For those who wants to do it yourself to produce this time lapse dolly, Derek Mellott has placed .stl file of 3D printed parts on Thingiverse, and full build instructions on instructables.
If you like the feature but don't want to build it yourself you can get one by backing the project at indieGOGO. A complete slidetracked system with rail, including slidetracked plastic kit(3D printed parts), hardware, motor, kill switches, PWM battery, tripod risers, and pre-drilled dolly plate, will cost $450.
Posted in 3D Printing Applications
Maybe you also like:
- 3D printed one-of-a-kind stock market performance bracelets
- Give the Raspberry Pi an attractive 3D Printed Case
- How to make your own homemade flashlight using a 3D printer
- Drive between schools with 3D printers in the trunk
- 3D printer reaches the hand of the blind
- Artful 3D-printed prosthetics help amputees return to normal lives
- MakieLab brings innovation to the doll industry using 3D printing
- Using 3D printing to produce replacement parts for a bike
- 3D printer creates human tissues for drug testing
- Collen Jordan created adorable wearable planters using a 3D printer
- Scientists create robotic dinosaurs using 3D printers
- 3D printed armband with cord organizer for 6th gen Ipod nano
- A trend of using 3D printers to make complex gear systems
- 3D print and build your own Vampire quadcopter
- Objet 3D Printer to appear in Channel 4's new series "Home of the Future"
If only he had used the rig to show a time lapse of the 3D printer printing the time lapse rig!! This is also a very nifty kind of time lapse of a print! (no recursion here, but it IS beautiful!) Printing out math! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P17pEzJUFB0