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Solar box cookers and solar panel cookers normally do not need to be turned to follow the sun unless you are cooking beans or an especially large amount of food. If tracking the sun is necessary, some of the ideas below might serve this purpose.

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Brian White's diagram of the dripper tracker which is potentially a highly accurate waterclock. Graphic by Mike Murphy.
qtsunshine@hotmail.com's design for a simple system to reposition a solar cooker automatically while unattended.
]Tracking mechanism that uses the hour hand of a clock to control the turning of a solar cooker
A plan for a solar water clock drive submitted by ChrisM1111@aol.com
Solar oven repositioning device designed by Jeff Monaco. Tom Sponheim suggested using wax melting instead to remove the need for a magnifying glass.
Tom Sponheim suggested using wax melting instead to remove the need for a magnifying glass

A revolving base can be made using golfballs.

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May 2008: Clock based dripper tracker demo
June 2006: Dripper tracker for parabolic solar accumulator

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