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TELESCOPES
& ASTRONOMY
CNC Machined Mounting Accessories from Telescopes and Astronomy.
Blair Lade, of the Astronomical Society of South Australia, first pointed out the problems with many commercially designed Dovetails and Attachments. Blair has been the societies equipment officer for the past number of years.
With the help of an experienced engineer and machinist, a number of components for various popular model Mounts were developed. "Components have been designed and engineered for rigidity and strength.
The use of sound mechanical principles results in repetitive mating of
components without damaging dovetail faces, thereby maintaining greater
accuracy over their life". The systems are designed to replace the current systems which accompany many popular mounts. "It was Blair who
showed me the setup he had at the time. The setup had ball end thumbscrews biting
into the Dovetail. This caused peening/denting to the Dovetail faces to the point where they would not mate accurately, unless a metal file was used,
to dress flat the facings."
The Side By Side setup is generally used for camera work where stability
is paramount. The configuration is generally setup and dismantled each night or each
time it's used. Once aligned the user would expect to setup each time without
realignment.
This is where the design came from, the recesses in the dovetail faces
where the thumbscrews bite, the special brass insert thumbscrews, the
important heavy duty cross section of the dovetail plate which resists
bend.
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RIGID CAMERA TO TRIPOD ADAPTOR
- Knurled Knob
- 90mm x 53mm x 40mm
- Anodised Matt Black
- High Quality Aluminium
$45AUD
Do you own a Plastic Binocular to Tripod Adaptor? If you do, you would be aware of how wobbly they are!
We have designed a new, rigid Binocular to Tripod Adaptor from aluminium. The Adaptor is Black Anodised,
with a thick Knurled Knob for ease of use.
TELESCOPE HEAVY DUTY DOVETAIL PLATES
- "V" Tail (Vixen, SkyWatcher, iOptron, Celestron, Meade etc.)
- "D" Tail (Losmandy, Celestron, CGE, Novosibirsk etc.)
SB350-S "V" Tail Heavy Duty Dovetail Plate
- "V" Tail
- 350mm x 80mm x 24mm
- Anodised Matt Black
- Holds 2x Saddle Plates
- High Quality Aluminium
$125AUD
SB500-S "V" Tail Heavy Duty Dovetail Plate
- "V" Tail
- 500mm x 80mm x 24mm
- Anodised Matt Black
- Holds 3x Saddle Plates
- High Quality Aluminium
$160AUD
SB600-S "V" Tail Heavy Duty Dovetail Plate
- "V" Tail
- 600mm x 80mm x 24mm
- Anodised Matt Black
- Holds 3x Saddle Plates
- High Quality Aluminium
- Lightend
$200AUD
SB350-L "D" Tail Heavy Duty Dovetail Plate
- "D" Tail
- 350mm x 80mm x 24mm
- Anodised Matt Black
- Holds 3x Saddle Plates
- High Quality Aluminium
$125AUD
SB500-L "D" Tail Heavy Duty Dovetail Plate
- "D" Tail
- 500mm x 80mm x 24mm
- Anodised Matt Black
- Holds 3x Saddle Plates
- High Quality Aluminium
$160AUD
SB600-L "D" Tail Heavy Duty Dovetail Plate
- "D" Tail
- 600mm x 80mm x 24mm
- Anodised Matt Black
- Holds 3x Saddle Plates
- High Quality Aluminium
- Lightened
$190AUD
SB350StoL "V" to "D" (Male to Male) Heavy Duty Dovetail Plate
- Converts "V" to "D" to fit Losmandy etc. Accessories:
LOSMANDY ACCESSORIES
- 350mm x 80mm x 24mm
- Anodised Matt Black
- High Quality Aluminium
$140AUD
SB150S "V" Tail Heavy Duty Dovetail Plate
- "V" Tail
- 150mm x 50mm x 24mm
- Anodised Matt Black
- Optical Tube Assembley/Guide Rings Dovetail Plate
- High Quality Aluminium
$75AUD
SB200S "V" Tail Heavy Duty Dovetail Plate
- "V" Tail
- 200mm x 50mm x 24mm
- Anodised Matt Black
- Optical Tube Assembley/Guide Rings Dovetail Plate
- High Quality Aluminium
$80AUD
TELESCOPE SIDE BY SIDE SADDLES
SM78S "V" Tail Side by Side Saddle
- "V" Tail
- 78mm x 78mm x 23mm
- Anodised Matt Black
- Holds all "V" Tail Male Plates
- High Quality Aluminium
- Brass inserts in Clamp Screws
- Can be mounted at 90°
$80AUD
SM78S-T "V" Tail Side by Side Saddle suits Takahashi
- "V" Tail
- 78mm x 78mm x 23mm
- Anodised Matt Black
- Holds all "V" Tail Male Plates and Takahashi
- High Quality Aluminium
- Brass inserts in Clamp Screws
- Can be mounted at 90°
$92AUD
SM80L "D" Tail Side by Side Saddle
- "D" Tail
- 78mm x 78mm x 19mm
- Anodised Matt Black
- Holds all "D" Tail Male Plates
- High Quality Aluminium
- Spring Loaded for conveinance (won't spin around upon loosening)
- Can be mounted at 90°
$98AUD
TELESCOPE GUIDE RINGS
140mm Guide Rings with SB150S/SB200S (150mm or 200mm) Small Heavy Duty Dovetail Plate
- "V" Tail
- 140mm ID.
- Anodised Matt Black
- Fits SM78S "V" Tail Side by Side Saddle
- High Quality Aluminium
- Clamp Screws have Plastic Inserts
- Extra Holes for Mounting
$228AUD (SB150S) $240AUD (SB200S)
108mm Guide Rings with SB150S/SB200S (150mm or 200mm) Small Heavy Duty Dovetail Plate
- "V" Tail
- 108mm ID.
- Anodised Matt Black
- Fits SM78S "V" Tail Side by Side Saddle
- High Quality Aluminium
- Clamp Screws have Plastic Inserts
- Extra Holes for Mounting
$205AUD (SB150S) $212AUD (SB200S)
TELESCOPE MOUNT REPLACEMENT HEADS
Heavy Duty EQ5 (HEQ5) Replacement Head
- Allows "V" or "D" Tail Side by Side Saddle to be mounted (SM78S & SM78L)
- Replaces current Head allowing "D" Tail or "V" Tail Side by Side Saddles
- Anodised Matt Black
- High Quality Aluminium
$60AUD
EQ6 Replacement Head
- Allows "V" or "D" Tail Side by Side Saddle to be mounted (SM78S & SM78L)
- Replaces current Head allowing "D" Tail or "V" Tail Side by Side Saddles
- Anodised Matt Black
- High Quality Aluminium
$65AUD
EXAMPLE DOVETAIL SETUPS
After Replacing the HEQ5 or EQ6 with the new Head ($60AUD or $65AUD), the bolt holes allow
the SM78S ($80AUD) & SM78L($98AUD) to be mounted to it. This photo shows
the "D" Side by Side Saddle Plate fitted to the Replacement Head.
I have inserted a 600mm x 80mm x 24mm "D" Tail Heavy Duty Dovetail Plate ($200AUD)
into the "D" Side Saddle ($98AUD). The 600mm Dovetail Plate holds 3 Side
by Side Saddles.
On one end of the 600mm Dovetail Plate ($200AUD) I have mounted a "V" Tail
Side Saddle ($80AUD).
I've inserted into the "V" Side Saddle ($80) a 150mm Small Heavy Duty Dovetail
Plate complete with 140mm Guide Rings ($228AUD). The Rings are sold with the 150mm
Dovetail. Let us know if you require the Rings only.
I've removed the Guide Rings and Small Dovetail, and inserted a "V" Tail to
"D" Tail (male to male) Heavy Duty Dovetail Plate ($140AUD). This Allows the various
female "D" fittings to be used. Probably the most common are Losmandy Rings.
A list of items can be seen on the Losmandy Dovetails page:
LOSMANDY ACCESSORIES
I've removed our Guide Rings and Small Dovetail, and inserted a "V" Tail to "D" Tail
(male to male) Heavy Duty Dovetail Plate ($140AUD). This Allows the various
female "D" fittings to be used. Probably the most common are the Losmandy
Guide Rings. A list of items can be seen on the Losmandy Dovetails page:
LOSMANDY ACCESSORIES
I've removed the Losmandy Guide Rings and mounted the Losmandy
Camera Mount (DCM2) instead.
I've removed the Camera Mount and "D" to "V" Male to Male Dovetail Plate,
leaving the "V" Tail Side by Side Saddle. This image shows the Nylon
Style Guide Rings ($95AUD) mounted on a 20cm long Standard Chinese
"V" Tail Plate ($42AUD). The Nylon Rings adequately hold 2kg of Guide Scope.
Since the 600mm Dovetail ($200AUD) holds 3 Saddles, I've arranged from left,
a "D" Tail Side by Side Saddle (SM78L $98AUD). At center, there is a "V" Tail
Side by side Saddle (SM78S $80AUD) holding a "V" Tail to "D" Tail (Male to Male)
Dovetail Plate ($140AUD), with a Losmandy DCM2 Camera Adaptor. On the right there
is our 140mm Guide Rings with 150mm Small Dovetail ($228AUD) mounted on a
"V" Tail Side by Side Saddle (SM78S $80AUD).
LOSMANDY STYLE WEIGHTS
Losmandy 7lb Weight with Metal Locking Screw $95AUD
Losmandy 11lb Weight with Metal Locking Screw $110AUD
Losmandy 21lb Weight with Metal Locking Screw $185AUD
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