I built this camera pan and tilt a couple years ago and have just now finally gotten around to putting it on here. I wanted to be able to wirelessly control the direction of my wireless camera that i had, so i started looking thru all of my junk piles finding stuff to make one out of. I built the base out of a cd drive tray, and used the motor that controlled the opening and closing for the pan function. I built the base of the mechanism that the camera would sit on out of a piece of the metal cd drive case and some erector set pieces. For the tilt i used a motor out of an out floppy drive that already had a gear reduction on it, i glued a shaft onto the end of the gear and created a deck for the camera to sit on. Now for the wireless part i used an old remote control car, i connected the forward/reverse wireless to the tilt part of the camera, and the side to side movement to the pan. The whole project is powered by a 6volt battery, besides the camera which has its own power supply. This is my first instructables, so if you have any questions please leave comments.
mcscheck says: Jan 12, 2013. 5:11 PM
Am I missing something here ?? I dont see a parts list and instructions..
joshmt2012 (author) in reply to mcscheckJan 31, 2013. 2:06 PM
its just some photos of it, i built it awhile ago before i was even on instructable
WildfireSOS says: Dec 22, 2011. 6:48 AM
what is the camera?
nof-z says: Nov 2, 2011. 3:41 PM
make a video please???
joshmt2012 (author) in reply to nof-zNov 3, 2011. 4:34 PM
if i have time i will, but i have been really busy, sorry
nof-z in reply to joshmt2012Nov 4, 2011. 3:06 PM
ok, thanks
pro2xy says: Sep 30, 2011. 8:14 AM
Couldnt you have powered the pan and tilt motors through the supply for the camera?
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