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.
How to make barn door tracker.
Cut boards to size.
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Firstly you want to drill the holes in the boards.
Making the hangers and door stops.
If you need a track longer than 6 feet you may need to get it from a metal supply store.
Mount the end stops bottom guides and any other hardware according to your specific set of instructions.
Take the bottom board and drill the hole that will be used for the tripod to attach itselt to the mount.
Use a porta band saw to cut the plate to the right lengths.
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Drill clearance holes by marking the holes.
Assembly setting up your door tracker cut your two blocks of wood pieces into 13 x 4 pieces.
With the track mounted finish the job by putting the door on the track.
Build a motorized barn door tracker.
How to build a large steel framed sliding barn door that will go on a steel clad pole barn.
This sliding door track can be made for under 100 including wooden wheels track the ebook available in the blog post provides a full list of the tools and supplies you ll need.
Carefully roll it into each end to determine where to place the stops.
You can however make a 6 wide board and use a 4 hinge but.
I chose my total board length as a few inches longer than the 29cm i wanted between my hinge and the.
Jay cut ours into 30 inch lengths.
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Attach the piano hinge to the edge of the board with screws and screwdriver.
Barn door track diy tutorial.
The bottom board will have two holes one for for connecting your tripod to the.
Create your own barn door track hardware.
One piece of wood attaches to a tripod and the other to your camera.
Two basic types of barn door trackers exist.
One 6 foot length will be the actual track the other steel plate will attach to the door.
Movement is done with a drive rod connected to either a motor or a hand crank.