Skywatcher Auto Focuser HANDSET replacement

[palatine]

so after dragging my scope out of retirement i found the handset for the focuser motor was knackered ( would sometimes work if you really mashed the buttons that felt shot).

i tried re soldering the parts of the board i could access but nothing worked as i felt the buttons and the variable dial had given up the ghost

so i thought "can i make one" and i turns out i could bastardising the old one and by buying a reversible and variable fan motor switch  this one

i removed the heat sinks off the board (cos i didn't think 9v would need em) and added an "on/off" switch and crammed them all into an old baccy tin i had alan keys in and bingo

 

used it for the first time last night. worked a treat and is actually better ( finer control ) than before 

i used one of those mobile phone magnetic mounts to attach it to the scope 

it even has lights to tell me the power is on / which way the motor is turning