On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 07:25 AM, George Cushing wrote:
Celestron sells a 3" wide bar it calls the for the C8, 9.25, 11 and 14. The C8 bar is quite a bit lighter and certainly?stiff enough. About $50.
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The stock Celestron CGE dovetails are cheap crap.? They are inexpensive under engineered extrusions that tend to crack where the dovetail top meets the part that is clamped by the saddle. I have seen several and my own used C14 and C11 CGE dovetails cracked or were cracked when I bought them.? The problem is that the clamped part has no mechanical support against the compression force of the clamp so the flex, fatigue, crack and then that crack migrates up and down the extrusion.? If you don't see it and replace it the SCT will be on the ground.?
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Buy once cry once.? You can buy a Losmandy dovetail and use it on your SCT and when you sell it use the basic dovetail with your next scope San radius blocks.??
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Chip Louie Chief Daydreamer Imagination Hardware?
Astrospheric Forecast - South Pasadena, CA?
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Chip Louie