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