Recent content by AdamQuinn

Would something like this work? Would it be feasible to use it as the joining to the rest of the tracker?

This sounds like what I was trying to achieve yesterday. I tried drilling the coupling nut, I got about 2mm in and the drill bit snapped in two. Instead of using wood toothpicks, I used tin solder, it did work temporarily though.

There's nothing wrong with the idea, I just thought there may have been a more thorough solution. In terms of the electrical tape, I used that yesterday and the coupling nut shredded the tape. If I used tubing, I presume that I need to have the clamps very tight to the shaft and rod? Would this...

So... Building of my barn door tracker is mostly complete, wood assembled, motor/pwm circuit working, camera mount mounted. However the motor/threaded rod issue persists. The issue I am having is that I am having to mount the motor at the bottom of the threaded rod (essentially hanging). I have...

The only reason I mentioned bending is the rod as I looking into the arduino device however I am not the most able programmer. I did receive the threaded rod today and it is safe to say that there is no way I'll be able to bend the rod. I believe that this...

The motor shaft is circular with a slice taken out of it (sort of like a semi-circle). What I'm saying is how would I go about moving a single plate? Moving onto the practical you advised, if I fix the nut with my hand then the rod will move up/down. That is what I want to do with an entire...

I want the rod and motor to be in a fixed position whilst the camera board moves upwards. How will a coupler work with a threaded rod? (I haven't received it yet but I presume it would need the same threading as the rod for it to work)

I want to build exactly that. I find this the easiest to understand...

So I'm a college student currently doing A-Level Physics, I am attempting to build a type 4 double arm barn door tracker and although it has been a complicated project, I believe I've got all the planning done, however, I have a 2Rpm motor, a PWM motor controller, 2 9v batteries, an M8 threaded...