30.11.08

Getting focused


My old 1.1/4" rack & pinion focuser suffered from terrible image shift while focusing. The upgrade to a 2" Crayford from Astronomica was a huge improvement. The motor focuser was cobbled together from parts of a timer mechanism and a motor from a scrapped cassette deck. It works fine but falls apart once in a while. A mark 2 version never seems to get built.

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