Simple Barn Door Tracker

Assembly setting up your door tracker cut your two blocks of wood pieces into 13 x 4 pieces.

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. Solidworks cad model of the 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. Cut boards to size.

Using a piece of plywood large enough to layout a 11 43 radius using a compass scribe the radius onto the plywood. You can however make a 6 wide board and use a 4 hinge but. Drill clearance holes by marking the holes. 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.

Free shipping by amazon. 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. Attach the piano hinge to the edge of the board with screws and screwdriver. A simple single arm barn door tracker can be made by attaching two pieces of wood together with a hinge.