Double Arm Barn Door Tracker Plans

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.

Double arm barn door tracker plans. 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. A simple single arm barn door tracker can be made by attaching two pieces of wood together with a hinge. Sky telescope april 1989 p436 p441 very good. 5 coupon applied at checkout save 5 with coupon.

Sky telescope february 1988 p213 p214. The barn door mount whether single arm or double arm is a very simple inexpensive device. It is sometimes called the haig or scotch mount. Nyx tracker the only inexpensive ready built barn door tracker of which i am aware is the 89 00 nyx tracker from nyx tech.

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. The nyx tracker uses a curved drive screw which eliminates the need for a double arm design. 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 angle φ through which the camera arm moves is given by.

Original concept by dave trott. φ θ arcsin sin θ β where θ is the angle through which the drive arm moves. There are a few different variations of a barn door tracker also known as a scotch mount or haig. 4 4 out of 5 stars 155.

Types of barn door trackers. If you want a barn door but don t wish to build one from scratch this is your only option. Winsoon 5ft single track bypass barn door hardware double doors kit heavy duty sliding one track antique roller for cabinet closet fit double 30 wide door. 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.

Accurate solutions exist when β is in the region of 2 000 to 2 186 sky and telescope apr 1989. Construction plans for a star tracker. How to build a double arm barn door tracker jefferson lab home page science education home page construction notes photos page sources.