Cheap barndoor?

Is there a cheap barndoor or scotch mount available that I dont have to build myself?

Is there a cheap barndoor or scotch mount available that I dont have
to
build myself?
I used a 24 hour electro-mechanical clock timer that you plug into the
mains to pre set appliances, £ 2.50 at Asda (walmart) tilted to my
co-lat with a camera on a ball joint bolted to the front. Not the most
elegant or the most precise but better than trying to hand drive a
barndoor :-)
jc



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Iceman-Jamie wrote:
Is there a cheap barndoor or scotch mount available that I dont have
to
build myself?


HI:

Not that I know of...but building the simplest version of a barndoor
tracker (which will work quite well with longer f/l lenses) is insanely
trivial. Why even _I_ was able to do it. ;-) For my set of plans, go
he

http://members.aol.com/rmollise/index3.html

Peace,
Rod Mollise

???

There isn't much simpler than a barndoor tracker. I built my first one
with a screwdriver, a hand drill and a tape measure. Took some really
neat pictures with it.

The folks at Home Depot were happy to sell me a plank of the right
size, and even whacked it in to pieces for me. I made a four sided
handle for the jack screw by chopping up a defunct video tape case.

Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..."
ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Hospital/Shafte

Well I am in the process of building a type 3 I do belive it is with a .8 RPM motor and a heavy ass mount.Astrophotography up in Iceland is hard with gusty winds. But I wanted to know of a manufactured one is mine does not work. I really wanted to be done in time for Machholz meeting with pleadies but I guess not.