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Old 03-12-2008, 06:19 PM
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From what I can gather on the WO yahoo group it seems that the WO Losmandy Dovetail does not actually work in a Losmandy Saddle (strange). Apparently its a bit wider. And the WO Saddle is also wider and as such a Losmandy dovetail does not fit snugley and securely in it. You really need to buy the Combo WO Dovetail and Saddle.

Further WO Rings have a central and two pairs of offset holes, but no dovetail on the market other than the WO caters for these. So you have to use only the central hole to fit it. While this would be fine, it does mean you could potentially get some movement in the rings.

I would like to hear from others who have WO Scopes with WO rings on a Losmandy mount what there of the shelf solution was and or custom solutions they have come up with. Some pictures would be nice.

I think i will need to go custom, as I am concerned the WO rings would sit to close to the DUP if connected directly and could obstruct the Dew shield and or Focuser.

Barry did this for me last time with the Borg 100ED. See the pics the silver metal bar in between the DUP and the Borg Rings. May have to do something the similar again.



Regards
Fahim
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Last edited by netwolf; 03-12-2008 at 06:47 PM.
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