Aluminium or Wood for DIY Wedge and barn door

[idigitize]

Hi,

 

I was looking to build a portable barn door tracker, following one of the many available online resources.

Obviously most of these are wood based.
I just wondered if making it out of aluminium would be a good or bad thing with regard to vibrations?

I thought I could make it neater and lighter, but not sure if better for a reason making out of wood.

 

Cheers.

[Peter Drew]

I don't think it's likely to make much difference, if you have the facility for working in aluminium it has the potential for better tolerances. The key things are the quality of the hinge and the drive screw. 

[happy-kat]

My barn door is made from chip board, in a previous life it was something else.

It is a completely self contained unit and needs no tripod just a flatish surface.

Link in my signature.

[idigitize]

Thanks - my neighbour is a gunsmith so has all the tools for making out of aluminium to borrrow, and a sheet of aluminium only a few pounds.

nice thread about your barn door... thanks

[happy-kat]

You might like this recent thread.

link here