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.
How to build a double arm barn door tracker.
If you want a barn door but don t wish to build one from scratch this is your only option.
A simple single arm barn door tracker can be made by attaching two pieces of wood together with a hinge.
Double arm barn door tracker general mar pino charlez.
There are a few different variations of a barn door tracker also known as a scotch mount or haig.
Barn door tracker duration.
Double arm drives have three main platforms.
Nyx tracker the only inexpensive ready built barn door tracker of which i am aware is the 89 00 nyx tracker from nyx tech.
One end is connected to the base board with a hinge that allows the drive arm to.
It is sometimes called the haig or scotch mount.
The base board the drive arm and the camera platform.
Both ends of the drive arm are connected to the base board.
The hinge is aligned with a celestial pole and the boards are then driven apart or together at a constant rate.
The base board is the bottom board and hopefully doesn t move around during the course of the exposure.
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.
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The nyx tracker uses a curved drive screw which eliminates the need for a double arm design.
First cut the 500mm length in half and mount the hinge.
Types of barn door trackers.