Timelapses are not only neat to watch but they can be a great way to show the passage of time in your project , and we're able to make them more cinematic and create more depth by adding in some motion. One way to do this is with a motorized slider - these normally retail anywhere from $400 on up into the thousands, but today we’re going to make our own for under $250.


MATERIALS:

Igus slider: [ Ссылка ]
Sheet metal: [ Ссылка ]
1RPM DC motor: [ Ссылка ]
5V battery: [ Ссылка ]
Tripod head: [ Ссылка ]
Female pigtail cables: [ Ссылка ]
USB to 5.5mm DC cable: [ Ссылка ]
Small plastic box: [ Ссылка ]
DC motor speed controller: [ Ссылка ]
Pinion pulley (x2): [ Ссылка ]
Pulley belt (x4'): [ Ссылка ]
1/4" x 1.5" bolt w/nut (x3)
1/4" nylon bearing
1/4" nylon spacer / washer
M3 bolts (x4)
Turnbuckle (a small one)

Gear note 1: make sure the motor shaft and the bore on the pulleys is the same (6mm ones are above, but 5mm is common too). And be sure the pulley belt and the pulleys will fit as well.

Gear note 2: You could adapt these plans to fit your own slider if you currently have one, you might just have to drill a few additional holes.



A couple additional notes about this slider: My two foot slider and the 1rpm motor takes about 7 minutes to go across at the fastest speed, and takes just over an hour to travel the length at the slowest speed, I’d recommend you time yours out so you have an idea of how long you can film for; It is strong enough to pull my Sony A7sii with a cinema lens up an incline, and you could probably do vertical moves if you wanted; You might want to position your motor control box a little further out from the rails, I realized pretty quickly that the placement on mine interferes with a few inches of movement; Be sure the battery you get has an on/off switch - I recommend the one above - initially I was just using one of those external phone charger ones, but if they don’t have a constant 5v draw they’ll turn off; At a slow speed this rig will still allow for longer shutter speeds if you want that sweet sweet motion blur; And lastly, for added motion control consider picking up a small egg timer and using that for some additional panning or tilting.



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