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Originally Posted by AstroApprentice
Hi Tony,
I guess it depends on how many scopes with D dovetails you have, but I only have one, so simply bolted a V dovetail to the base of the D dovetail. That way I can continue to use the V clamps on my mounts and other scopes.
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Works perfectly well. You can barely see it here, but I simply bolted a Vixen V bar onto the bottom of my Losmandy D plate a while back for the FS-102 (since changed to better rings and a William Optics wide top Vixen bar).
I personally prefer the Vixen bars (good ones, not the yak-tastic Skywatcher ones, but solid ones like Losmandy or the newer silver anodised Vixen originals)
Then again, I use the new style large non-marring clamps with the brass wedges (silver puck in photo - the SXP mount will accept ANY puck design, including direct mount to a Tak clamshell)