Simple Barn Door Tracker

Attach the piano hinge to the edge of the board with screws and screwdriver.

Simple barn door tracker.

Using a piece of plywood large enough to layout a 11 43 radius using a compass scribe the radius onto the plywood. Free shipping by amazon. Assembly setting up your door tracker cut your two blocks of wood pieces into 13 x 4 pieces. Drill clearance holes by marking the holes.

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. You can however make a 6 wide board and use a 4 hinge but. The next task is to bend the threaded rod to match the 11 43 radius so that the mount will track correctly as the barn door mount is rotated about it s hinge. Attach hinge attach slide plate if you have one not sure if needed measure out l from hinge pin and drill hole in bottom board apply epoxy to tee nut for drive.

I chose my total board length as a few inches longer than the 29cm i wanted between my hinge and the. 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. Get it as soon as wed sep 23. Cut boards to size.