Making A Barn Door Tracker

One piece of wood attaches to a tripod and the other to your camera.

Making a barn door tracker.

This sliding door track can be made for under 100 including wooden wheels track the ebook available in the blog post provides a full list of the tools and supplies you ll need. Drill clearance holes by marking the holes. As mentioned above the barn door tracker works by joining together two boards and then moving them apart at a specific rate. Two nylon locking nuts.

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 basic types of barn door trackers exist. Assembly setting up your door tracker cut your two blocks of wood pieces into 13 x 4 pieces. Build a motorized barn door tracker.

Making the hangers and door stops. Movement is done with a drive rod connected to either a motor or a hand crank. A mean sidereal day is 23 hours 56 minutes 4 0916 seconds 23 9344696 hours this is the. You can however make a 6 wide board and use a 4 hinge but.

Here s what you need to make a diy barn door track like ours. Four 3 1 2 inch lag bolts. Barn door track diy tutorial. Mostly hand tools were used with the exception of a mitre saw to get the ends for the hinge.

A single arm tracker is just a hinge with two pieces of wood. Attach the piano hinge to the edge of the board with screws and screwdriver.