Ok humans! Below is a drive system from an old summa printer. It takes very little force to get that plate moving back and forth. What I want to do is use a stepper motor or a servo ( not sure which would be best) I'm thinking stepper because I am going to want a micro controller for it. We will build anchors/Stand mounts for each side for stability, the end to the right side of the picture is where the motor will attach. So the Idea is that I'll have a motor, a simple 3 or 4 button interface that will control speed, and power. Or maybe I make a set of programs and you can use an up down key to sift through those programs and select a program to run. So far my Internal parts list is, a motor, a micro controller, and power, maybe even a simple display screen, buttons and necessary wires, solder etc. ( do you think I could rob the buttons from an old game controller?). There wont be much more than a couple gopros/ phones on the mount at a time ( so not too much power is required ). We want it to be as smooth as possible for video footage. I'll continue my research, but any help from the fellow creators will be much appreciated, as I'm new to this! Thanks so much for taking the time to look over my project and to take into consideration feedback.
Keep Creating!
Jon
