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Originally Posted by Ziggy
Rod, I see you have the WO Crayford, have you received it yet? If so, how does it work for you?
Glen.
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Glen, the WO Crayford is due to arrive any day (Daniel Beringer.....I hope you are reading this
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I am buying it having already had a really good observing session using Louie's (Atalas). It is a wonderful gadget....so good I sold a Nagler to help finance its purchase. You might look for Louie's input as well on the subject.
I, like you, am sticking to the visual observing at this stage, and I am striving for as fine a focuser as I can, especially as I pursue my interest in double stars. I can't stand the mirror flop from the manual focuser on my scope, and I find the LX200 microfocuser is not at all intuitive or easy to sharply focus compared with the WO crayford. I might add, the WO crayford is a mighty fine looking piece of gadgetry too! Its main drawback is that it extends back too far from the back of the OTA in my scope to enable viewing around the zenith (it hits the bottom of the fork). For me, I am happy to put up with that, when I weigh it against the wonderful performance of the focuser.