<div dir="ltr"><div>Ron,</div><div>Your diagram looks almost exactly like a model train layout. You could buy a lot of cheap O-scale track nowadays, and add a powered flatcar to hold the camera (which by the way also would give you power for the camera). I belong to a number of model train clubs who have surplus track and rolling stock, and I could help you with the wiring of the back-and-forth control circuitry. Essentially a garden layout under the house.... <i>(for those on the list who will chime in about derailments, there is a method to modify the wheels to stay on the track more securely -- modellers don't do it because it doesn't look "prototypical", but is easily done for robotics and equipment test jigs and the like)</i><br></div><div><br></div><div>- sgh</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 11:50 AM Ron Craig via TriEmbed <<a href="mailto:triembed@triembed.org">triembed@triembed.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">
<div>I just finished off my Ham Clock and display project: <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5429286" target="_blank">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5429286</a></div><div>I
think next I'd like to put a web-controllable camera on a track in my
crawlspace to keep an eye on things without having to crawl down there.</div><div><br></div><div>Thought
is an inverted T-shaped track with a hobby motor driving a couple of
wheels and carrying a camera and LED lights around the crawlspace. <br></div><div>Pan
/ tilt. Maybe an arm to lower the camera as needed. A charging station
along the track where the car can pull in and top off the battery
bank(s).</div><div><br></div><div>The picture below gives some idea what I'm thinking. Anybody done anything similar??</div>
<div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_l62iavko0" alt="Idea001_small.png" width="333" height="355"><br></div><div>
<div>Thoughts, experiences, hints and tips are welcome!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Ron<font color="#888888"><br></font></div></div><table cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td></td><td rowspan="2"><br></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><table cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td><br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">J'ai bonne espérance!</div><div dir="ltr"> <img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4x7f0IaPYeVI5XBRH_XOTAY9QJ37cnEngLme61N1hiZatYMNWaN6q8Jxg-TkhQaFLtncx3wKSg"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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