From: "Jan van Gastel" 
To: 
Reply-To: "Jan van Gastel" 


Nicolas,

Did you try this one? Doesn't seem too difficult.
http://www.geocities.com/pvcfocuser/


Jan
http://home.wanadoo.nl/jhm.vangastel/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicolas John Cain" 
To: "atmlist" 
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 12:49 PM Subject: ATM choosing a focusser


>
> hi,
>
> I've tried to make a low profile focusser from plumbing parts, but have
had
> not much success. I'm willing to try again, but I saw this advert on the
> website of a local (Parissien) astronomy store;
>
> Porte-oculaire Vixen ¯50,8 mm -
>  R‚f: N0812
>  Pour t‚lescope GP-C
>  24?
>
> 24 euros sounds very cheap for a focusser (even a non(low profile one) -
do
> you think this is an adaptor rather than a focusser? (ok, I'm lazy - I
> haven't had chance to go to the store yet) BTW, porte-oculaire is the term
> for focusser, although maybe it's used for a more general 'eyepiece
holder'
> as well...
>
> Otherwise I've not seen much opportunities to buy a simple low cost
> focusser, they're all hundreds of euros.
>
> nik
>
>
>
>

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