Panning Timelapse Rig From a Kitchen Timer

Yes, I have a bit of a timelapse fetish. I got a kitchen timer for just $3 and made this awesome panning timelapse rig that circles 360 degrees in 1 hour.

First test out on the water!

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Notable Materials:

> Kitchen timer

> 1/4-20 bolt

> 1/4-20 t nut

> Quick set epoxy

> Plywood scrap

Notable Tools:

> Bandsaw

> Disk sander

> Drill press

> Angle grinder

So it just starts with this cheapo kitchen timer that was only a few bucks at the big box store. All it takes to disassemble it from it's casing is a screw in the back.

I take the timer mechanism and put it on top of a piece of plywood to trace it out.

The circle is cut out to rough size on the bandsaw and then I drill a hole through the center and use this on my disk sander to sand it down to a perfect circle.

I pull the top of the timer off so I can attach a bolt there for a way to mount the camera.

I first drill through the bottom of it to locate the center of the dial and then bring it over to my drill press to drill a 1/4" hole through the top deep enough to mount a bolt.

While I'm there, I also drill out the plywood base, both for the tripod bolt to fit into and also for the base of the threaded t-nut that I am going to be installing in the plywood.

I grab a 1/4-20 bolt from my hardware drawer and insert it into the dial so I can mark it to cut to length.

The bolt is mounted in a clamp and cut down to size with my angle grinder.

Now it's just a matter of assembly. I mix up some quick set 2-part epoxy and use it both in the plywood base and also in the dial.

The t-nut is installed in the plywood base and then the bolt is installed in the dial.

I also use the same 2-part epoxy on the plywood base in order to fasten it to the timer mechanism.

The pieces are then all mounted together. The tripod threads into the t-nut in the plywood base and the bolt in the dial is threaded into the camera.

Then it's just a matter of cleaning it up and painting it to make it look a little more sleek.

It's super easy to mount it by just threaded it on between the tripod and the camera, almost too easy for the really cool results.

Thanks for checking out the build! Be sure to watch the video for the full experience:

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