DIY “Big Wheel” 8020 Ceremony Cart

[@aaronthedj12]

Liked! Commented and of course subscribed. The wheels are the perfect size. The modular design, very well thought out.

[@djlouparis]

Thank you I appreciate that!

[@flyrobin2544]

It's well thought out and should get you through a lot of outdoor ceremonies.

[@rosato26]

Very cool!

[@_DigitalCam]

I am VERY curious how you did the axle. In particular, how you went about the shaft mounting to the profile. Did you tap the ends of the profile, thread in a bolt and cut off the head so that you could pound on those end caps? I'm trying to figure out the best way to to this exact same thing. I'd love to know how you got the result you did.

[@djlouparis]

I fretted for years on how to do this. But literally I just put in the axle at a trimmed length. Put the wheels on that has bearings on them already. And capped the axle. That’s it. I didn’t need to make anything else special for it to work. It would have been nice to have custom caps made to make it even cleaner. But the basic solution works perfectly.

[@rosato26]

How did you get the wheels on the stroller, could you teach me through a quick video?

[@djlouparis]

I’ll see if I can make a new video on that. But it’s very simple. A rod, a piece of profile that the rod can go into, the wheels, and some end caps.

[@djjeremyb]

Love the cart and concept! One small critique. The handle is too low. You have to bend over to move it. For better ergonomics, I would have made the handle higher when the cart is being rolled/moved. Other than that, amazing work.

[@djlouparis]

I agree the handle could have been a bit higher. I wanted to be a smaller profile and that was the trade off.

[@oldschooldjernie]

After watching this video. I don't feel bad about you getting on my case because I feel there's something wrong with you. $900 for a DIY cart is insane. Not insane for movie and TV location ones the production houses use here in Hollywood. But for a wedding DJ ceremony? Plus that handle is too low, you're going to end up getting a back ache pushing it at that height. You've definitely fell down the rabbit hole. One of those wagons with the big pneumatic tires would have been a cheaper alternative. They can move through the swamps or wherever you go. Regardless that's too much junk and those racks are probably overkill as well. Try to climb out of that rabbit hole, it's consuming you brother.

[@djlouparis]

Sooooo. A long diatribe of how how you don’t understand the particulars of not only ceremonies but frequencies, management, et al. Best of luck to ya.

[@oldschooldjernie]

@@djlouparis there's zero wrong with getting a portable speaker on a tripod, putting a wireless mic on it for the officiant and perhaps another to use. Plug it directly into the speaker and use Bluetooth to playback some music in a laptop to the speaker. 1,000's of djs do that. I know of a guy who does that with his jackery battery. 15 minutes later the ceremony is over. Done. There's no post ceremony celebration after party. Pack it up and go back to the hall.

[@djlouparis]

@oldschooldjernie I’m not 1000s of DJs. There is a reason literal Broadway performers seek out my services. Because I take ceremony services very seriously. Even if their ceremony is 10 minutes long the quality and care i put in my offerings shows. But clearly you’ll can never understand that and it’s cool. You don’t seek out how to provide the best experience. The mere thought of of using Bluetooth alone or using a 2.4GHz mic set in a critical environment is just waiting for a moment to fail. You want to risk a reputation on that it’s fine by me. May the odds forever be in your favor.

[@oldschooldjernie]

I don't do weddings anymore I retired from that cluster f. It's actually demeaning doing weddings and becoming a slave to a bride, like the "help". But I digress. I have carted out one or two speakers to a ceremony and did both, just wireless and BT the laptop or sent the mix to the speakers from a mixer. Plopped a 500 mhz wireless receiver on a speaker and gave the officiant the mic and it worked flawlessly because they were only 25 feet away from the speaker. Then I also carted out a rack with wireless and and IEM to a couple speakers. But this method I had fears of drop outs because the rack was over 50 feet away. Anytime a wireless mic is that far anyone gets those fears. I had a few drop outs 3 weeks ago when I was 100 feet away and I'd never do that again. It's unprofessional of me to have risked that. If I had to have those mics that far away I should have set up my repeater system which totally insures a clean signal proven up to 175 feet away line of sight. Save the bat wings for Batman and use a repeater, it's unobtrusive

[@djlouparis]

@@oldschooldjernie the fact that you fear 50-100' range of your equipment shows your lack of understanding of how everything works. Just like your ranting on how 1/2 waves somehow don't increase range or improve the capability of picking up your mics emphasizes that you really need to relearn wireless. And given your terminology of "becoming a slave to a bride" makes the industry reassured that you are retired from this.