Yep, that's the beastie. Is the 1" travel a problem at all? I suppose
one could use the money saved to get some parfocal rings... Would you
campare it favorably with a regular crayford of similar price, say an
RCF mini?
-- Mark Bracewell - markb@No-Spam > -----Original Message----- > From: sf-bay-tac-bounces@No-Spam > [mailto:sf-bay-tac-bounces@No-Spam] On Behalf Of Craig Colvin > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 1:49 PM > To: The Astronomy Connection > Subject: RE: [TAC] Helical crayfords? > > > I'm not sure if this is a crayford helical or not, but I have > a KineOptics HC-1 helical focuser on my 8" string scope and > am very impressed with it. Very smooth motion, with the > ability to do very fine focusing. Also relatively inexpensive > and light weight. > http://www.kineoptics.com/HC-1.html -- Craig > -----Original Message----- > From: sf-bay-tac-bounces@No-Spam > [mailto:sf-bay-tac-bounces@No-Spam]On > Behalf Of Mark Bracewell > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 12:23 PM > To: The Astronomy Connection > Subject: [TAC] Helical crayfords? > > > > I'm curious about this design, anyone have opinions, experience with > them?Received on Tue Apr 5 14:03:36 2005