Making A Barn Door Tracker

Four 3 1 2 inch lag bolts.
Making a barn door tracker. The hinge joining both boards is pointed at the celestial pole and a drive bolt is turned to move the top board which counters the rotation of the earth and prevents star trails. Two nylon locking nuts. You can however make a 6 wide board and use a 4 hinge but. Barn door track diy tutorial.
By 2 inch steel flat plates 13 99 each four 1 1 2 inch steel spacers about 6 two 4 inch pulleys 4 78 each four 1 inch fender washers. Making the hangers and door stops. A mean sidereal day is 23 hours 56 minutes 4 0916 seconds 23 9344696 hours this is the. Mostly hand tools were used with the exception of a mitre saw to get the ends for the hinge.
Attach the piano hinge to the edge of the board with screws and screwdriver. One piece of wood attaches to a tripod and the other to your camera. Create your own barn door track hardware. Build a motorized barn door tracker.
As mentioned above the barn door tracker works by joining together two boards and then moving them apart at a specific rate. A single arm tracker is just a hinge with two pieces of wood. Movement is done with a drive rod connected to either a motor or a hand crank. Here s what you need to make a diy barn door track like ours.
Drill clearance holes by marking the holes. Two basic types of barn door trackers exist.