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Originally Posted by Russman
My prototype barn door star tracker, with pivot bolts. About to head out and give it a trial run.
I have some black machinable plastic I am going to use but I decided to perfect my timber prototype before I start drilling holes in it. The timber was free, the plastic I paid for. 
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Well that didn't work too well! lol The stars were doing little wobbles, I think the thread I tapped through the brass bolt was a little wonky.
So I went back to basics and built another (in 15mins lol).
Photos: Barn door tracker prototype #3 & a 2min exposure from trial run last night.
Once I get more confident I'll take a drive out into the darkness, try and get away from this light pollution!
I've been using my Android Compass App and Protractor app to align the tracker.