Hey Luko - I'm strongly considering on of these as I need another electronic focuser and really like being able to retain manual focus. Thanks for the overview here pal.👍
Happy birthday once again Luke. Another great video and interesting focus motor, I'll certainly be interested seeing how you get on with this. I had a Senso 2 focus motor on my Esprit which also attaches to the fine tuning side of the focuser and was a great bit of kit. However, the fine tuning knob on a lot of focusers drive the coarse tuning shaft via a ball bearing friction design which can slip, this happened quite often on my Esprit especially when pointing towards the zenith and was a pain in the you-know-what. I have now switched to a ZWO EAF as it attaches to the coarse tuning knob which acts directly on the focuser rack.
Good to know that Pete!! I'll definitely be on the lookout for any slippage mate 👍👍 Thanks so much for the birthday wishes too, my friend! :-D clear skies!!
Happy birthday Luke! Great presentation of the install. I've always wondered how to do one. I've seen this on Curv's channel. Definitely something I want to add to my setup. Thanks for sharing this great video. Clear Skies!!!!
Hey Luke, looks a nice bit of kit! I could be in the market for a new focuser soon! I’m building a 3rd rig with my newly acquired Mead LXD55 200mm! Also considering a new Altair Astro 533 OSC! Got the PAS coming up in March, may have a look there! Thanks mate, interesting video and clear skies!
if it is your birthday, then happy birthday friend! i finally had to purchase blurxterminator and noisexterminator and i made sure to do it through a window opened from your affiliate link, so hopefully you get a little kick from that!
First of all Happy Birthday mate! I always enjoy watching you put stuff together 🙂 That's an interesting focuser. Have you had a chance to see how well it holds focus with the Crayford type on that scope? Thanks for the video and clear skies!
Luke, hope you're planning a video on the new truss tube scope. Maybe the weather has been bad. Looking forward to your experiences and now the new EAF with it.
Great video Luke, been looking at the standard version myself…interested to see how it works, as I am not a fan of focus motors fitted to the fine focus shaft, as they are delicate and work only with friction so can slip…
Are you able to run the focuser on 5v with your image train? I only have the Player One Uranus-C and a focal reducer/flatterner, and I hoping the 5v input would be enough to handle that, through the fine focus knob.
Just spent a few weeks battling this very focuser! The manual focus is a game changer, especially for visual. But for some strange reason every time I muck about with it the focus point moves by +1000. Haven't yet worked out why (and yes I've using the latest driver). I started at around 10000 and now I'm at 55000 for the same focus point. Not sure why.
That's a strange one mate! I'd expect that perhaps there's a small amount of slippage happening in one direction, most likely inwards, it may be worth double checking the bushing tightness on the shaft just as a quick test 👍 Failing that, if you have a crayford style focuser then that also could slip a little as you'll no doubt know. Thank you for watching!
Hi. Will this work with a 10 inch dobsonian with a 2 speed focuser? This would be perfect for my GoTo dob since I do visual and astrophotography with the same scope. If the answer is not known, maybe they can send it my way before it goes back and I can test it out? LOL.
Hi, Luke. Thanks for the video. Do you think it would be possible to mount the Q-Focuser on a Vixen dovetail? I'm planing to get one for my Widefield Samyang 135 and the idea would be to raise the Sammy using a 3d printed block and mount the focuser below it on top of the dovetail.
I think it would be possible yeah! You may need to make a small custom 3d printed part though, or potentially drill + tap a mounting hole in the dovetail if it's not already threaded 👍 but a doable project, 100%
The high precision feels like a gimmick to me. It's basically a stepper motor with no gear so it's super easy to just manually turn the stepper, the knob is basically useless since you should be able to easily turn the focuser manually with almost any scope design if you really need to like you did with the coarse focuser. To me the knob seems just useless.
The knob allows you to maintain precision focusing with it being attached to the reduced side of the focuser, - without that knob you'd be stuck with using the single speed side only 👍
@@lukomatico Which is fine, because why would anyone use that to manually focus when you have an electric focuser? The "nice" thing about a clutch for a focuser is the ability to move the focuser if you forgot to do it so you won't have to power it and connect it to a PC just to move it if it needs to fit in a case or what not. But since it's not geared and you can just easily move it without that...
@@msacco I hear you mate, it's been useful for me though! - already I've used it to quickly switch between astrophotography and visual with an eyepiece - something that would be a pain in the arse with a ZWO EAF or similar! It's not for everyone, but it's certainly got its uses IMO 👍 Clear skies!
Hey Luko - I'm strongly considering on of these as I need another electronic focuser and really like being able to retain manual focus. Thanks for the overview here pal.👍
Lovely focuser mate honestly! I just wish the sct adapter was available!!
Looks a great bit of kit mate pity there aren't more UK vendors that sell QHY stuff, I look forward to seeing how it performs clear skies!!!!
Agreed mate!! Clear skies to you 👍👍
I like the fine focus concept, a step above the ZWO eaf, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching mate!!
Happy birthday once again Luke. Another great video and interesting focus motor, I'll certainly be interested seeing how you get on with this. I had a Senso 2 focus motor on my Esprit which also attaches to the fine tuning side of the focuser and was a great bit of kit. However, the fine tuning knob on a lot of focusers drive the coarse tuning shaft via a ball bearing friction design which can slip, this happened quite often on my Esprit especially when pointing towards the zenith and was a pain in the you-know-what. I have now switched to a ZWO EAF as it attaches to the coarse tuning knob which acts directly on the focuser rack.
Good to know that Pete!! I'll definitely be on the lookout for any slippage mate 👍👍
Thanks so much for the birthday wishes too, my friend! :-D clear skies!!
Happy birthday Luke! Great presentation of the install. I've always wondered how to do one. I've seen this on Curv's channel. Definitely something I want to add to my setup. Thanks for sharing this great video. Clear Skies!!!!
Thanks ever so much my friend!! :-D clear skies!!
Hey Luke, looks a nice bit of kit! I could be in the market for a new focuser soon! I’m building a 3rd rig with my newly acquired Mead LXD55 200mm! Also considering a new Altair Astro 533 OSC! Got the PAS coming up in March, may have a look there! Thanks mate, interesting video and clear skies!
So sorry about the late reply mate!! I hope to see you see you at PAS! :-D
Great presentation, as always and Happy birthday Mate
Thank you! Cheers mate!! 👍👍
if it is your birthday, then happy birthday friend! i finally had to purchase blurxterminator and noisexterminator and i made sure to do it through a window opened from your affiliate link, so hopefully you get a little kick from that!
Ah that's super kind of you Gabe!!! Thanks for thinking of me, my friend! :-)
I had a nice birthday, thank you! 👍👍
@@lukomatico wonderful! consider that a birthday gift then :)
Shoved up , love it good old Yorkshire speak 👍. Happy birthday
Hahah, I can't help myself! 😂 Clear skies mate!
Awesome video! Can't wait for the next live stream!
Thanks so much mate!! 👍👍 Definitely live streams to come this year, just need some guaranteed clear skies haha :-D
First of all Happy Birthday mate! I always enjoy watching you put stuff together 🙂 That's an interesting focuser. Have you had a chance to see how well it holds focus with the Crayford type on that scope? Thanks for the video and clear skies!
Thanks Dave mate!! I've not had a chance to try it with a crayford yet, just the r&p focuser on the RC at the moment!
Clear skies!
@@lukomatico Oh that's an R&P? Nevermind 🙂 R&P is the best for this focuser🙂
Happy Birthday! Nice video :)
Thank you mate! 😀
Luke, hope you're planning a video on the new truss tube scope. Maybe the weather has been bad. Looking forward to your experiences and now the new EAF with it.
Hey Mike! I have a few vids on the truss RC out :-D the weather here has been phenomenally bad, wish it would clear soon!!
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Thank you ever so much my friend!!! ❤️
Great video Luke, been looking at the standard version myself…interested to see how it works, as I am not a fan of focus motors fitted to the fine focus shaft, as they are delicate and work only with friction so can slip…
I hear you mate yeah, the slippage is a worry but not something I've experienced yet luckily! :-O
Thanks ever so much for watching!
Nice review Luke
Glad you enjoyed it Tony mate! 👍👍
Many thanks, great demo. Now, if they could design a gadget that could look through the clouds...
Sign me up for one of those, haha!! :-D
Are you able to run the focuser on 5v with your image train? I only have the Player One Uranus-C and a focal reducer/flatterner, and I hoping the 5v input would be enough to handle that, through the fine focus knob.
Hey there mate! - I'm pretty darn confident it'd handle that load with just USB power :-) It's pretty torquey!
Clear skies!
Just spent a few weeks battling this very focuser! The manual focus is a game changer, especially for visual. But for some strange reason every time I muck about with it the focus point moves by +1000. Haven't yet worked out why (and yes I've using the latest driver). I started at around 10000 and now I'm at 55000 for the same focus point. Not sure why.
That's a strange one mate! I'd expect that perhaps there's a small amount of slippage happening in one direction, most likely inwards, it may be worth double checking the bushing tightness on the shaft just as a quick test 👍
Failing that, if you have a crayford style focuser then that also could slip a little as you'll no doubt know.
Thank you for watching!
Just out of curiosity, does it remember steps moved when being used manually so it can easily be moved back to focus when using the motor?
I'd say no as it says in the literature you can only use manual when powered down.
I don't believe it measures the steps used when manually adjusted, but you can definitely use the focus control while powered up 👍
Hi. Will this work with a 10 inch dobsonian with a 2 speed focuser? This would be perfect for my GoTo dob since I do visual and astrophotography with the same scope. If the answer is not known, maybe they can send it my way before it goes back and I can test it out? LOL.
Hey mate! - it should indeed work for that, it'd be perfect in that scenario! :-) Clear skies and good luck to you!
Hard NO on the USB-C. Connector is too small/weak as tested with my cellphone. Too easy to fall out or break with a cable snag.
Definitely not for everyone mate, I've never had a usb-c port fail though myself! 👍
Nice.
Thanks!
Do you think this would work on a Celestron SCT?
Not with the couplers on the video.
Hey mate! Apoorvalyer is right, it'd need a custom solution to work on an sct currently - qhy say they are working on it though!
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Cheers matey!!
Hi, Luke. Thanks for the video.
Do you think it would be possible to mount the Q-Focuser on a Vixen dovetail? I'm planing to get one for my Widefield Samyang 135 and the idea would be to raise the Sammy using a 3d printed block and mount the focuser below it on top of the dovetail.
I think it would be possible yeah! You may need to make a small custom 3d printed part though, or potentially drill + tap a mounting hole in the dovetail if it's not already threaded 👍 but a doable project, 100%
@@lukomatico great! Thanks!
The high precision feels like a gimmick to me. It's basically a stepper motor with no gear so it's super easy to just manually turn the stepper, the knob is basically useless since you should be able to easily turn the focuser manually with almost any scope design if you really need to like you did with the coarse focuser.
To me the knob seems just useless.
The knob allows you to maintain precision focusing with it being attached to the reduced side of the focuser, - without that knob you'd be stuck with using the single speed side only 👍
@@lukomatico Which is fine, because why would anyone use that to manually focus when you have an electric focuser? The "nice" thing about a clutch for a focuser is the ability to move the focuser if you forgot to do it so you won't have to power it and connect it to a PC just to move it if it needs to fit in a case or what not. But since it's not geared and you can just easily move it without that...
@@msacco I hear you mate, it's been useful for me though! - already I've used it to quickly switch between astrophotography and visual with an eyepiece - something that would be a pain in the arse with a ZWO EAF or similar! It's not for everyone, but it's certainly got its uses IMO 👍
Clear skies!
So after a few months of use, would you recommend it?
I would, yeah! I only wish they'd bring out the SCT focuser adapter soon 👍