At the left is a "Clement" focuser. This one uses a Gortite bellows
to move the eyepiece. It has the lowest 1" low profile of any focuser on the market. The focusing
knob is parallel to the eyepiece axis, and it takes 30 turns of the knob to give a full 3" of travel.
The focusing is extremely smooth without imageshift and it does not need a lock to hold
it in focus. In fact once focused there is no slippage. The
Turcite-X leadscrew nut is the only moving or sliding part.
No part of this focuser protrudes into the telescope. My only
concern is that I don't know how well the gortite bellows will perform in -40° temperatures.
Put your mouse over here to
extend the bellows half way, over here to extend them
all the way, and over here to reset the bellows back
to their no extension position.