I’ll demonstrate how I built a worm drive pan/tilt mount out of Lego for your various Lego optics lab lens and filter holders. Some folks might find that the worm drive allows a bit more fine tuning for the rotation and tilt of the lens or mirror mounted on the worm drive pan/tilt mount than they were able to do using the simple pan/tilt mount.



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Parts needed

1 Lego Technic turntable gear

1 Lego Technic gearbox for worm gear

1 Worm gear

1 Lego Technic gear 24 tooth

1 Pulley

1 Small pulley

1 Cross axle 10

1 Cross axle 6

1 Three quarter pin

1 Lego Technic bushing

1 Plate 2 X 8

1 Lego Plate 2 X 2

1 Plate 1 X 2

2 Lego Technic cross axle bricks 1 X 2



Here’s how I built my Lego worm drive pan/tilt Mount.

I mounted my Lego mirror/filter holder to demonstrate how to use the Lego Optics Lab: Worm Drive Panoramic Mount.

Lego Optics Lab, next article: Polariscope

