Yes, definitely a money drain, you can always go bigger better and more expensive. will that dovetail bar connect directly to the rings in this set up
http://www.bintel.com.au/Telescopes/...oductview.aspx
this will become my guidescope/ widefield imager later on, at the moment it is all i have. the rings connect to a plate that screws into the tripod, similarly to a camera tripod.