Job done. Now this is MkI and because the plastic used is quite brittle + plus the solvent in the varnish did seem to cloud the sides of the groove. There will deffo be a MKII. but I'm pleased with the results as a bit of R&D.

GENIUS !!!!

Stop it, u make me blush so. I suppose the good thing about having an older scope, you (I) dont mind so much, drilling and banging away. If I had a TAL200k, maybe a different story, duno (:)

The 200K is built like a T-34 tank. The older 3mm thk alu tubes are a breeze to drill n add stuff. I put another Tal 8x50 finder brkt & shoes on mine to hold my home assembled 80mm finder. In the near future, I'll be drilling n tapping holes for some guider rings to hold my Burgess fluorite and Carton 60/1000. The MT-2C(2M) mount handles this weight with extreme ease !!