Doc Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Can anyone tell me if the William Optics red dot finder fits a Skywatcher dovetail base. Can't seem to find the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 The standard WO fittings are not compatible with SW without some ugly bodging. I'm sure someone does an adaptor, but just had a search and can't find it now. I think the WO fitting on the RDF can easily be swapped out for the SW RDF fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Type-R Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Would this help? http://www.firstlightoptics.com/finders/flo-multi-finder-adapter-for-skywatcher.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I have one of those Darren, and it is all SW fittings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 In my experience the WO and SW RDF's have totally different shoe's and fittings. And WO/SW also use totally different thread sizes to fix the shoes to scope. I've never yet found an adaptor to allow mix 'n' match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 Thanks guys. There must be a workaround for this. I prefer the WO finder, I used to have one on my GT81 and it was pretty awesome compared to the cheaper ones. WO use a M5 screw to attach the finder base to their scopes, I wonder what size Skywatcher screws are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 M5 from memory although I may well be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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