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Originally Posted by NeilW
Hi all,
There are a couple of posts on here (one running to several pages) about fitting a Sharpsky focus motor to a crayford style focuser on an ED80. There seems to be a fair bit of work involved with fashioning brackets, etc. to hold the motor. However, I have the standard Skywatcher rack & pinion focuser on my scope, and I'm wondering if the supplied fitting kit that comes with the Sharpsky will be sufficient to attach it to this focuser.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
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In my experience it is best to have the motor coupled with the shaft of a 10:1 micro focuser rather than directly 1:1. Just for torque consideration and smoother tracking. Having said that it's a terrific little unit. A must have IMHO. The pic is when I had it fitted on my 90mm APO. Just make sure the motor shaft is inline with the coupler and focuser pin then make brackets to work your way back to a solid face of the scope.
PS: added similar setup on FSQ.