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Barn Door tracker built with Lego Technic for Entry-Level Astrophotography

By Cabe Atwell

Cabe Atwell

The one-man ace engineering wrecking crew - If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find me, maybe you can hire... the Cabe-team

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September 14th, 2014 0

Photographer Brian Carter designed a barn door tracker using Legos and a Mindstorms EV3 brick to take incredible photos of the universe.

AT-AT with Custom 3D Printed Lego Technic Pieces

By Cabe Atwell

Cabe Atwell

The one-man ace engineering wrecking crew - If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find me, maybe you can hire... the Cabe-team

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September 13th, 2014November 9th, 2015

The Imperial Walker was designed using several different Technic sets and houses four motors to control everything from walking to firing rubber bands.

He had to design and 3D print some pieces himself because they didn’t exist in any of the sets.