Ah, the joys of being a dad. My son is an avid storm chaser/photographer and asked me if I could make a slider. "A what?" A slider.
It's a piece of track say 2m long with a carriage supporting a camera that runs along it, motor driven. "Of course I can".
What I envisage is a length of extruded aluminium track, say lipped channel, with an internal sliding nylon block. The block will be fitted with a camera mount and be drilled and tapped to accommodate a nylon lead screw driven by a wiper motor at one end. Still with me?
It seems 12mm nylon allthread is available from Blackwoods. Not sure about the lipped channel yet, but reckon something about 75mm wide x 25mm deep would be ideal.
The 12v wiper motor would need to be powered by a battery, and be capable of variable speed. Not sure how I would do this.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Ken
It's a piece of track say 2m long with a carriage supporting a camera that runs along it, motor driven. "Of course I can".
What I envisage is a length of extruded aluminium track, say lipped channel, with an internal sliding nylon block. The block will be fitted with a camera mount and be drilled and tapped to accommodate a nylon lead screw driven by a wiper motor at one end. Still with me?
It seems 12mm nylon allthread is available from Blackwoods. Not sure about the lipped channel yet, but reckon something about 75mm wide x 25mm deep would be ideal.
The 12v wiper motor would need to be powered by a battery, and be capable of variable speed. Not sure how I would do this.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Ken
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