Casady Plates 8" Tip-in Dovetail Saddle, Black Body
Manufacturer : Casady Plates
Part Number : RC11010811
8” Dovetail saddle for Astro-Physics Mach1, 600GTO, 900GTO and 1200GTO;
Losmandy G-11, and GM-8, also has mounting holes for Takahashi EM-10, EM-11, and
EM-200, but does not have extended disk. Black or clear anodized body with clear, red, or blue anodized knobs are available.
Tired of struggling to slide the Losmandy dovetail bar into place on your G-11? Want extra support for a long dovetail bar? These heavy duty dovetail plates are what you are looking for. Each jaw opens wide enough to tip the Losmandy bar into place and has two stainless steel guide pins to keep it aligned and running smoothly. A spring keeps the jaw open when you are mounting your scope. Stainless steel threaded inserts and stainless steel threaded rods are used for the clamps. There are no aluminum threads to strip.
Fits Losmandy D Bars: These saddles are designed for the 4" wide Losmandy bars used on the G-11 mount. The 8" saddle will work with 8" and longer dovetail bars. The 12" saddle will work with bars 13.5" and longer bars. The 14" will work the 17.25" and longer bars.
The knobs on these saddles are machined aluminum with stainless steel threads. There are three colors available on the aluminum. Anodized blue, anodized red, or clear anodized that looks like bare aluminum. Pick the knob color below when you order. Clear, red, or blue anodized knobs are available.
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Knob Anodized Color
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Clear 1.25"
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Red 1.25"
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Blue 1.25" |
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