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Re: [APML]: building an electronic tracker





        For those of you caught between stepper motors and the dredgery of
hand-cranking, try getting a 1 RPM motor out of a clock.  I bought one from
American Science & Surplus in Chicago for $2. 

Advantages: Cheap, universal, easy to retrofit manual barn doors, and no
confusing electronics. 
Disadvantages: 120V AC, stuck to 1 RPM tracker models, but no altering
tracking.