Cut your two blocks of wood pieces into 13 x 4 pieces.
Type 1 barn door tracker.
No arduino no stepper motors no gears just a simple motor turning a threaded rod this barn door tracker rotates your camera at the exact same rate as the rotation of our planet a requirement for taking long exposure photos.
00 0 35 oz get it as soon as mon sep 14.
In stock and ready to ship.
For a type 1 and type 4 drive b is measured from the camera platform hinge point to the sliding contact point.
Shoot stars planets and other nebulae with a camera that is.
All you need is something that looks like the wood in my pictures and two lengths of it.
Here are images for my barn door mount.
Using a 1 4 20 screw the distance from the hinge pivot point to the center of the screw is 11 42 inches.
For a type 2 and type 3 drive b is measured from the drive arm hinge point to the sliding contact point.
An isosceles type barn door tracking mount tracks well for about 20 minutes if the polar alignment is good.
3 5 door hinge 3 1 x 3 8 hex bolt 1 1 x 1 4 20tpi carriage bolt 2 2 x 1 4 nut 0 10 1 x 1 4 x20 t nut 0 48 gorilla glue 7 2 x 13 1x6 lumber no source here as i just bought scrap wood.
A camera is mounted on the top board usually with some sort of ball joint to allow the camera to be pointed in any direction.
Assembly setting up your door tracker.
You can however make a 6 wide board and use a 4 hinge but you may give up some stability.
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The hinge you measure from depends on the drive geometry since this distance must not vary as the arms close.