This was a fun project and I enjoyed the final outcome. I have been wanting to make this type of solar sun tracker for a while. The project took 2 days and there was many opportunities to get creative with some of the modifications.
I did purchase some of the bolts ahead of time, but most of the materials were scavenged.
The basic setup is an old Satellite TV dish mount, 2 IKEA cabinet metal rails, 8 nuts and bolts and some “Z” clamps. For the mast or tower, I found a piece of pipe slightly bigger and it slid over the satellite shaft. It acted as a collar. This piece then slid over a 10 foot section of long pipe from the top rail of a chain link fence. The satellite dish shaft was machine screwed to the collar. I added bearing grease the the chain link fence pipe and the entire mount could easily rotate.
More information and pictures will be on the website, www.cedarworkshop.net
Post time: Jun-25-2017