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STEP 3: Obtain a Losmandy Style dovetail plate which should suit your dual style Losmandy D / Vixen AZ-EQ6 mounting saddle. The shorter the plate the better so as to centralise the mass more- perhaps around 8 to 11 inch long (2 standard size lengths) - probably 11inch as things may get crowded on an 8 inch plate. The Bottom on the mounting plate is shown in the first image and the topside in the second image. This type of plate should have sufficient counterbore sizes underneath to house the head of a standard 1/4-20 sockethead capscrew so that it does not protrude from the counterbore recess.