DIY Electric Focuser

Wanna make a scope? Or better still, grind a mirror yourself. Or, you have some good tips in making a really useful accessory? This is the place to show what your hands can do...
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DIY Electric Focuser

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Here is my DIY electric focuser:

http://orlygoingthirty.blogspot.com/201 ... cuser.html

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All parts from Sim Lim Tower. Admittedly the aluminum bracket is extremely ugly.. I'll have to work on that this weekend. Total cost (excluding the Ni-MH batteries) around S$ 30.
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Nice !! Upload some videos of it if you have the time. Reading the rest of your blogs now. :)
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I like it!! Well done on the DIY!! Now that you have the prototype, I'm sure the improvement ideas will flow!! Keep us posted!!
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Any idea how to make the following focuser?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccbwent9fPY
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@Gary

That focuser is using a modded RC servo. Long thread on CN here:

http://www.cloudynights.com/ubbthreads/ ... t/all/vc/1
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