Finderscope mount size

[sacredblack (Steve)]

Hi,

I'm in the process of getting a finder scope for my Orion Scope that I got from Bintel and I was wondering if all finderscopes have the same mount.

The Orion Scope has a small mount at the eyepiece end intended for a finderscope. I have a finderscope on my LXD 75 SN10 but again it's a different size mount.

They are obviously not a dovetail as I have one of these on the Guide Scope for mounting to my LXD75 GEM.

Any leads here.

Steve R.

[erick (Eric)]

In my experience, the mounts can vary. Even dovetails that look close may be sufficiently different in size so they don't fit without a bit of work with a file!!!

Seems best to always get the baseplate to fit the specific foot, or vice-versa, to be sure of a fit.

[sacredblack (Steve)]

Mmm. Another can of worms.

Oh well I was hoping for an easy solution. Never mind I'll get onto Bintel to see if they can help out.

Thanks for the info Erik.

Steve R.