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Just spotted this cool project by the other Martin Taylor in the MAKE Flickr pool:

$12 in hardware store bits & pieces, 1 old skate from the basement and a tripod head borrowed from an old tripod. My Labor-day, afternoon, quick, DIY project. It doesn’t look very pretty but it works well enough with anything from my tiny camcorder to my 5D.

If like, myself, you don’t know what a skater dolly is used for, exactly, check the embedded vid Martin made to demonstrate. Impressive results for such an inexpensive tool. Martin, who previously brought us

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