Design Example: Pan-Tilt Head¶
![../_images/pan-tilt-oblique.png](../_images/pan-tilt-oblique.png)
A pan-tilt head is a two-axis positioning device for pointing a camera using pure rotation around a point within the lens. This particular design implements a low-cost low-precision pan-tilt for a lightweight camera using only laser-cuttable parts.
The SolidWorks model files and individual DXF cutting files may be found in the FlatPackExamples/Pan-Tilt-Head folder, or may be downloaded as a single file as Pan-Tilt-Head.zip.
Contents
Overview¶
Parts¶
Not to scale.
![../_images/drive-pulley-key.png](../_images/drive-pulley-key.png)
![../_images/drive-XL-pulley.png](../_images/drive-XL-pulley.png)
![../_images/pan-axis-spacer-30mm.png](../_images/pan-axis-spacer-30mm.png)
![../_images/pan-axis-spacer-6mm.png](../_images/pan-axis-spacer-6mm.png)
![../_images/pan-axis-spacer.png](../_images/pan-axis-spacer.png)
![../_images/pan-base.png](../_images/pan-base.png)
![../_images/pan-brace.png](../_images/pan-brace.png)
![../_images/pan-drive-MXL-timing-pulley.png](../_images/pan-drive-MXL-timing-pulley.png)
![../_images/pan-felt-bearing.png](../_images/pan-felt-bearing.png)
![../_images/pan-MXL-timing-pulley.png](../_images/pan-MXL-timing-pulley.png)
![../_images/pan-tray-flange-no-motor.png](../_images/pan-tray-flange-no-motor.png)
![../_images/pan-tray-flange.png](../_images/pan-tray-flange.png)
![../_images/pan-tray-flange-with-stepper.png](../_images/pan-tray-flange-with-stepper.png)
![../_images/pan-tray.png](../_images/pan-tray.png)
![../_images/pan-XL-timing-pulley.png](../_images/pan-XL-timing-pulley.png)
![../_images/tilt-drive-MXL-timing-pulley.png](../_images/tilt-drive-MXL-timing-pulley.png)
![../_images/tilt-MXL-timing-belt-pulley.png](../_images/tilt-MXL-timing-belt-pulley.png)
![../_images/tilt-MXL-timing-pulley.png](../_images/tilt-MXL-timing-pulley.png)
![../_images/tilt-tray-flange.png](../_images/tilt-tray-flange.png)
![../_images/tilt-tray.png](../_images/tilt-tray.png)
![../_images/tilt-XL-timing-pulley.png](../_images/tilt-XL-timing-pulley.png)
![../_images/XL-timing-pulleys.png](../_images/XL-timing-pulleys.png)