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Originally Posted by Blue Skies
I should ask about dovetails - what are other people using? I'm just thinking about what I'm hoping to use on it: a Meade 8" SCT OTA, an old Meade 4" SCT and a PST. The PST and 4" have the same bolt holes underneath - I've got a home-made set up on another mount that works for both. I got a Skywatcher dovetail to go on the mount, but looking at things at the moment I've got to tap new holes on the 8" mounting plate to get it to fit. And make some new kind of 'shoe' for the others too. Is there a simpler solution?
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Hi Blueskys,
you may have a weight problem with carrying the Meades,
I run an 8 inch and a 4 inch on my MT, but they are Klevtsov-Cassegrain Vixens, which have no collector plate and weigh about half the weight of a Schmid Cassegrain. I don't think I would like to load mine with much more than its got on it now. You would probably be wise to check the carrying capacity of the MTpro against your scope weights.