Mohamed replied to the topic 'Re:Celestron focus motor' in the forum. 3 years ago

Bart wrote: Hi mate,
I have 3D printed a focus motor attachment & coupler for my C8.
I've shared a photo of my setup before here, I guess you can find it there.
What I like is that it still has a (big!) handwheel.

Would you like to have the design?
It uses a direct drive very flat Nema 17 stepper motor and the SilentStepper drivers (TMC2130) on a breadboard still.

Works flawlessly and runs absolutely smooth. I have attached a temp sensor and configured it to play well with the Moonlite protocol.

Cheers!
Bart


Hi Bart, thank you and would appreciate if you can share your 3D designs. I’m in the process of building mine.

One more thing is that your motor is much lighter and smaller (as I can tell from pictures) from the one I got, can you please also share your hardware specs as well?


Thank you
Mohamed

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