Design Example: Pan-Tilt Head ¶

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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.

Overview ¶

Parts ¶

Not to scale.

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../_images/drive-XL-pulley.png

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../_images/pan-axis-spacer-6mm.png

../_images/pan-axis-spacer.png

../_images/pan-base.png

../_images/pan-brace.png

../_images/pan-drive-MXL-timing-pulley.png

../_images/pan-felt-bearing.png

../_images/pan-MXL-timing-pulley.png

../_images/pan-tray-flange-no-motor.png

../_images/pan-tray-flange.png

../_images/pan-tray-flange-with-stepper.png

../_images/pan-tray.png

../_images/pan-XL-timing-pulley.png

../_images/tilt-drive-MXL-timing-pulley.png

../_images/tilt-MXL-timing-belt-pulley.png

../_images/tilt-MXL-timing-pulley.png

../_images/tilt-tray-flange.png

../_images/tilt-tray.png

../_images/tilt-XL-timing-pulley.png

../_images/XL-timing-pulleys.png