Double Arm Barn Door Tracker Plans

There are a few different variations of a barn door tracker also known as a scotch mount or haig.

Double arm barn door tracker plans.

How to build a double arm barn door tracker jefferson lab home page science education home page construction notes photos page sources. Types of barn door trackers. Original concept by dave trott. Sky telescope april 1989 p436 p441 very good.

Construction plans for a star tracker. Accurate solutions exist when β is in the region of 2 000 to 2 186 sky and telescope apr 1989. The angle φ through which the camera arm moves is given by. Nyx tracker the only inexpensive ready built barn door tracker of which i am aware is the 89 00 nyx tracker from nyx tech.

First cut the 500mm length in half and mount the hinge. 4 4 out of 5 stars 155. The double arm mount shown in the photograph uses a 6mm m6 threaded rod to drive it. The barn door mount whether single arm or double arm is a very simple inexpensive device.

Sky telescope february 1988 p213 p214. A simple single arm barn door tracker can be made by attaching two pieces of wood together with a hinge. The hinge is aligned with a celestial pole and the boards are then driven apart or together at a constant rate usually by turning a. Get it as soon as thu sep 24.

5 coupon applied at checkout save 5 with coupon. The original single arm barn door has been around for many years and was i believe first popularized by a fellow named haig back in the 1970 s. While this article discusses building a simple single arm version you can create some advanced versions that include electric motors and driver boards to control them. It is sometimes called the haig or scotch mount.

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. The nyx tracker uses a curved drive screw which eliminates the need for a double arm design. Make sure everything is square and moves freely clap the 2 hinged boards together and shout action a few times like they do when making movies if it makes a nice clack sound it should work well for a star tracker now measure 228 55mm from the center of the hinge pin down the middle of the board and mark the drive rod holes do this on.