I have been using a dual speed Moonlite focuser and filter slide for the last couple years. While it is a very good focuser and a huge improvement over my previous focusers, there are a couple things I don't like about it. The main thing is the lack of flexibility. The Feathertouch can be mounted in any orientation, and the fine focus knob is right next to the coarse focus knob. (very nice) 
On the Moonlite, the fine and coarse focus knobs are on opposite sides, and there seems to be only one "correct way" to mount the focuser with the filter slide to the optical tube. This "correct way" is the worst possible way for me. 
One of the main reasons I chose the Moonlite over the Feathertouch was the ablilty to use a filter slide. I love having the ablilty to plug in a filter or switch filters with a simple push or pull of the slide. And the Moonlite slide works great.
So, recently I bought a Feathertouch (FT), with a plan to use it in conjunction with the Moonlite (ML) filter slide. But when I went to install it this weekend, I discovered that the focuser tube on the FT is much thicker-walled than the ML. The FT tube won't fit into the hole of the part that holds the slide.
Anyone out there have a similar problem? With a remedy? I would really like to use the FT, but don't want to give up the filter slide.
I have the same setup on a 22" dob and a 16" dob, with a Tom O. platform.
I appreciate the help. Thanks,
Kevin
On the Moonlite, the fine and coarse focus knobs are on opposite sides, and there seems to be only one "correct way" to mount the focuser with the filter slide to the optical tube. This "correct way" is the worst possible way for me. One of the main reasons I chose the Moonlite over the Feathertouch was the ablilty to use a filter slide. I love having the ablilty to plug in a filter or switch filters with a simple push or pull of the slide. And the Moonlite slide works great.
So, recently I bought a Feathertouch (FT), with a plan to use it in conjunction with the Moonlite (ML) filter slide. But when I went to install it this weekend, I discovered that the focuser tube on the FT is much thicker-walled than the ML. The FT tube won't fit into the hole of the part that holds the slide.
Anyone out there have a similar problem? With a remedy? I would really like to use the FT, but don't want to give up the filter slide.
I have the same setup on a 22" dob and a 16" dob, with a Tom O. platform.
I appreciate the help. Thanks,
Kevin
