After installing 4 barn doors here in vt i like the kind.
Barn door tracker plans.
Modified versions of the tracker were published in the magazine s february 1988 and june 2007 editions.
It can make for an appealing unique addition to any home and to get you started i m including the free downloadable plans for th.
In this tutorial i m going to show you step by step how i built a 36 sliding barn door from scratch for under 200.
Building a barn door is not hard if you have some basic woodworking skills and good directions.
Assembly setting up your door tracker.
The track is where the rollers will go for the barn door simply inserted over the top.
That means we want to spin our barn door tracker at a rate of 360 degrees every 24 hours which comes out to be 0 25 degrees per minute.
This will allow you to slide the door open and also close the door by simply moving it from side to side.
Cheap and simple to construct with diy build plans photo gallery and mp3.
Cut your two blocks of wood pieces into 13 x 4 pieces.
The other possibility is that the door could be smaller allowing you to attach it with hinges.
You can however make a 6 wide board and use a 4 hinge but you may give up some stability.
His plans were first published in sky telescope magazine in april 1975.
Build guide for an easy to make metric barn door tracker for astrophotography.
Main menu barn door tracker build guide build plan drive bolt assembly build enhancements laser alignment tips for best results results accuracy polar alignment gallery.
Diy sliding barn door.