Yeh I use a Losmandy 14” dove tail plate for my 8” Carbon newt in Sydney and it allows me to mount my Startech industrial 4 port powered Hub to the underside plus the plate acts as a really neat conduit cabling path to the focuser for camera cabling, EAF cabling and EFW cabling.
In my Dome south coast NSW with the 10” Carbon newt I use a longer 17” Losmandy dovetail bar which performs the same function.
Obviously with medium to large Newts you need a heavy duty long dovetail bar and utilise it for various cabling and equipment requirements.
Cheers
Martin
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