My DIY Overkill MKI Motorized / Timelapse Dolly

Here is a dual purpose Motorized Dolly I made, It can be used as a time lapse dolly or a motor dolly with the appropriate controller. The time lapse engine is from Dynamic Perception. The joystick motor controller is my own design. I will post more details later.
I got the joystick off ebay. Look for "potentiometer joystick" They are used for security camera controllers and claw crane games. The motor controller is from
www.basicmicro....
Belts are 3/8" XL series from,
shop.polybelt.c...
The 12 volt gear motor came from.
www.drillspot.c...
The pulleys and belts are XL series for 3/8" wide belts. The outside diameter of the pulleys is 2 inch.
The shafts, flanged bearings, and shaft collars are all 5/16". The shaft collars have set screws which makes them easy to install. All the drive components were purchased from Amazon.com
www.amazon.com/...
Hardware can be purchased locally also.
I purchased the 80/20 aluminum extrusion from eBay "80/20 Garage Sale", they sell 80/20 with slight defects in color or minor handling marks for much less then on their normal web store. Search for, "T-Slot Aluminum Extrusion 15 Series 3030-L"

stores.ebay.com...
and the linear bearing,
www.ebay.com/it...

[@RSBSTEADICAM]

Nice job, Glue bubbles on the ends for leveling.

[@sethyjp]

Thanks so much for giving so many infos. I learn so much from this. I wish you luck in all your projects.

[@gwzapo]

I applaud you! Great video presentation, and the extra effort with you sharing your details with us. Thank you!

[@UncVee0X]

This looks good, I wish I could build a motorized system for my konova slider

[@Geoffreyinoz]

Nice to see you used nylon standoffs to keep the weight down

[@DerrickPerrin]

Clean setup. Looks great.

[@scottrellwi]

Wow, this is really great work. I just found the 8020.inc website this weekend, and my mind is buzzing about options for DSLR sliders and cranes. I totally understand the mechanics of the slider, but could you tell us a little more about the electronics and programming required to make this work? Maybe another tutorial? I am interested more in the unit as a motorized video slider, but it is neat to think it could be used for time lapse as well. Thanks in advance.

[@TerjeNesthus]

Beautiful rig!

[@Bottersnipe]

Nicely done. Would very much appreciate a better explanation of the electronics and how they are assembled & connected if possible, or even just a pointer to where this info might be found? All such "tutorials" seem to assume this knowledge which is very frustrating!

[@Pegasus202]

Thanks for posting the vid. Nice workmanship.

[@BenedictTanShanWen]

I was thinking to myself; "That's not that overkill" then your hand entered the frame and I burst out laughing. Well played xD

[@PachulizPunk]

Great dolly, really like it, good job Paul!! Where did u get the belt, pulleys, and ger motor from?

[@actionthatsucks]

The metal gear looks solid.

[@boofdanar]

Wow, I am officially inspired

[@TheSMasa]

funny thing is that even with this kind of overkill this thing is going to cost like 10% of the commercial ones (as sturdy as this one). Maybe with a plastic worm-geared box this would be a lot more quiet though.. :) I'm building my own at the moment too, but I'm using a stepper motor with microcontroller...

[@Dustin121781]

Have you figured out a silent motor option yet? Great job with this!

[@kazyBarbarian]

this is amazing. I want to make one.

[@BrianLovelacePhoto]

any chance you could list out in text what you got to make this? looks absolutely perfect!

[@persons0]

Thanks for uploading. I have one question. Did you get both the Dolly Shield and Arduino board from Dynamic Perception or did you buy the Arduino board separately? Thank you

[@CalgaryCalamari]

Nice work! Where did you get the nice anodized aluminum cases for the board and joystick?

[@bradisdrab]

fantastic work! I'm attempting something similar, but not nearly as clean. You've got the lapse and live controls down, have you looked into repeatable/programable motion control at all?

[@Shiba_64990]

Very nice work there . Wonder where did you get the drive belt and sprokets Thanks

[@MikyMike1974]

really good job... how much did you spend finally? (i'm not english so i don't understand at all what you say even if is very clear so i don't know if you already said that). Thanks for sharing with us your project.

[@MikyMike1974]

@paulcotto Thank you!

[@CharlesHenrySanson]

Very nice construction. Are you an engineer?

[@rbaptista6497]

or a step by step guide on how to build? thank you so much

[@user-jx3jp3gb4x]

would you mind sharing information on your joystick/control box? Thanks,

[@leloodallasmultipass]

I really juan to make one of these. maybe not this crazy.

[@korbentaz]

Where do you get the mx2 at? i can't find it anywhere online.

[@spungymungy]

same here...kind of optical illusion at first..

[@THEODINOFFICIAL]

Total cost??? GUESSTIMATE?

[@rbaptista6497]

Hello would you consider selling this? If so how much?

[@SteveBottrell]

nice work, but i bet mine is heavier !

[@PaulDve]

Ha I thought thats not that big; but then you touched it.