Electric focuser question

[Helen]

I'm on my way back from Astrofest (good to see folks :-) ). I bought a WO crayford which I plan to use on the C11 and C8. I was also talking to Ian King about the Lakeside electric control and it looks like I'll be able to get remote control for all my scopes for a reasonable price. If I get one control unit I can get a bracket to fit the Megrez 90 with it, then for an extra 30 I get a bracket which I can fit to the WO crayford I bought today And use on both C8 and C11. Apart from the need to rough focus the SCTs first, can anyone see a flaw in my plan?

Thanks

Helen

[pmlogg]

You would need another motor and coupler as moving the motor from focuser to focuser would not be practical to do regularly.

The maker, Peter is very helpful. He did a made-to-measure bracket for my refractor, with coupler to match. One of the advantages of the Lakeside focuser over most others is the screen allowing position to be read without a connection to a PC being necessary.

[Helen]

That's helpful, thanks. Do you know how much the motor and couplers are?

Helen

[pmlogg]

My reply was slightly misleading. Peter supplied me with the bespoke bracket and coupler, as a package, for £35. If you drop him an email to ask the price of the motor I think that you will get a quick response. He's an enthusiast and, as I said before, very helpful