Simple Barn Door Tracker

I chose my total board length as a few inches longer than the 29cm i wanted between my hinge and the.

Simple barn door tracker.

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. 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. 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. You can however make a 6 wide board and use a 4 hinge but.

Solidworks cad model of the barn door tracker. Attach the piano hinge to the edge of the board with screws and screwdriver. Get it as soon as wed sep 23. Using a piece of plywood large enough to layout a 11 43 radius using a compass scribe the radius onto the plywood.

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. Drill clearance holes by marking the holes. Assembly setting up your door tracker cut your two blocks of wood pieces into 13 x 4 pieces. Easelife 8 ft double door sliding barn door hardware track kit heavy duty easy install 8ft one piece track slide smoothly quietly fit double 24 wide door 8ft track double door kit 4 7 out of 5 stars 654.