Astro camera Part 1

Decided to build a webcam based astro camera for my astro drive setup. The drive is a work in progress.

I use Pentax cameras for my usual photo stuff. So I designed this to use those lenses. Once I found the proper thickness of the lens mount board, it went fast. I made sure to set this at the infinity focus of the lens.

I used some aluminum to make some side brackets to support heavier lenses.

The screw on top is to hold the webcam with it's after market nose piece.

The lens mount came from a junker K1000 Pentax I had in a box of camera junk.

I used #2 X .500" woodscrews to hold it in place. This entailed making the holes larger. I used a Dremel and a tapered diamond bit to do that. The T-nut is located on the bottom to give the best overall balance for the various sizes of lenses.