Thank you everyone for the thoughts! I went ahead and bought a continuous sweep high torque 12 hour clock motor. Meaning I would have to find a way to reduce it 2:1. Will have to see if the reduced speed is worth the reduced torque. Motor should be here any day now.
I haven't messed with...
Shortly after posting I called my very mechanically mindful grandpa for his thoughts, he mentioned how telescopes have motors to track stars in the sky, and they move at about the same speed while being able to rotate a decent amount of weight.
Yes that helps a lot, gives me insight on the...
Hello all!
I just discovered PF as I have been searching about a project I have been pondering for a day. The idea is to have a device that I can set my 3lb camera and have the device rotate left-to-right && || right-to-left over the duration of 2 hours for use in a sunset/cloud timelapse...