Hey guys,
Good to see some interest in the binocular Newtonian concept.
fwiw) I have had a brief bit of correspondence with Ron (of Moonlight focuser fame) with respect to making a dedicated focuser assembly designed specifically for binocular Newtonians. What I proposed was a 2" crayford with a permanently installed Rowe corrector with a custom diagonal holder machined as part of the assembly, obviously one that was trimmed so IPD could be set down to 60mm or so.
Here is his response:
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Hi Clive,
Sorry- I don't have a working proto type of a bino focuser at this time, but
did draw one up years back for my own use. Never manufactured it however.
Maybe I should take another look at it?
it would be awhile as we are booked 3 months out on our CNC machines
production load.
Ron
MooNlite
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Now personally, I think if Ron actually had enough people requesting such a device, he would no doubt put it on his product list. Something like that becoming an off the shelf item would be a game changer. imho)
best
~c