Re: ATM New Feather Touch Focuser?

["Rick Overgaard" <raover@flash.net>]

Does Starlight have a web site?

Thanks.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Michael Lindner <mikel@att.net>
To: Roy Diffrient <diffrent@bcpl.net>
Cc: ATM <atm@shore.net>; N. Foldager <nf@dadlnet.dk>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: ATM New Feather Touch Focuser?


> 
> Roy Diffrient wrote:
> > 
> > I haven't yet seen one "in the field".
> > 
> > > Did someone try the new Feather Touch Focuser?
> > > How is it compared to the "old", now outdated one?
> 
> I've had the good fortune to try both the old and new ones. They are
> both simply wonderful. I couldn't say that I noticed a difference
> between the two, but I was not comparing them against one another (and I
> tried them months apart on different scopes). You could talk to
> starlight about "trading in" your old one for a new one, or simply sell
> the old one and put the money towards the new one.
> 
> The difference is that in the new one, all 4 bearings and the shaft ride
> against an undercut flat on one side of the drawtube, like this
> 
>            _   drawtube   _
>           =/______________\=  <-- bearings
>     []===========================[]  <-- shaft
> 
> These are simply the finest focuser I have used (not that I've used
> every focuser there is, mind you). For what it's worth, I own a Moonlite
> crayford, and while it is no feathertouch, it's the second best crayford
> I've ever used, and it's relatively inexpensive.
> 
> --
> Mike Lindner
> 
>