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Not wanting to sit idle I decided to build a simple spacer out of 5mm thick aluminum. I chose 5mm because it seemed the trench in the top of the dec axis is ca 5 mm deep. I managed to find longer bolts but they were too long. After much sawing and drilling and this is the finished result. I think none of this would be necessary if only the top of the dec axis also had a slot at 90 degrees. There is no way the cables will fit under the versa plate in the 4 mm deep recess - at least not any way that I could attempt without great fear of damaging the cables. Hopefully what I've done will not cause an issue.
As a side note I wish the versa plate had more than 4 bolts holding it down when mounted at a right angle. Considering that probably the only reason it would be used this way is to mount 2 scopes it seems odd to me to have a situation where there is lower strength. Am I risking anything by having the extra length bolts/spacer combination? It seems strong but then I'm not an engineer and there is a lot of expensive gear about to ride on 4 bolts
Peter
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