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Vixen dovetail and an ST80
Hi all,
I've recently bought a Vixen Portamount for my ST80. Lovely mount, I really like it (took it on holiday recently). The problem I've got though is connecting the ST80 to it. I've got a Vixen dovetail plate which I've managed to screw on to the OTA by drilling two new holes in the dovetail but it's not very satisfactory - the dovetail is flat on the 'OTA side' and so doesn't mate with the tube properly. I've fudged it with some rubber spacers at the moment. Is there a proper way to do this? Can you buy dovetail that mate with a round tube? I've hunted around a bit but I can't seem to find anything. Thanks for any hints..... J. |
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