Vixen porta ii handle and Manny Myles

[Robindonne]

Ok although half the school season was deleted, my daughter did graduate and i planned to give here a better telescope than the heavy meade lxd75.   So i gave her my mak and vixen porta, but at the moment of handing it to her i knew im gonna miss that mount.  (It was also a bit to justify buying a porta ii).  I bought it with a Kokusai handle and being a bit surprised about the third party accesoires for this mount, i found something else.  It was a bracket to mount the scope in a resting position instead of hanging.   I added a picture, the only picture i could find.   And although this bracket seems like a big improvement for the porta mount (and maybe others models) i might prefer the bracket in a “upsidedown” version.  Dont know if it cost me stability, but if i can use a c8 now and then with this mount, idd be very happy.   I just dont know what to look for.   The pictured one is a Manny Myles plate and cant be used upsidedown.  Any help Is welcome.   
 

added is a picture of the handle.  But also two pictures with the manny myles plate.  You can see it cant be used upsidedown 

Edited July 27, 2020 by Robindonne
Wrote then instead of than

[John]

That handle (the one in the top photo) was actually designed for another mount - the T-Rex alt-azimuth that Kokusai Kohki used to market.

As it happens, it does fit a number of other mounts that use the 35mm spaced clamp fastening holes.

 

[Robindonne]

16 hours ago, John said:

That handle (the one in the top photo) was actually designed for another mount - the T-Rex alt-azimuth that Kokusai Kohki used to market.

As it happens, it does fit a number of other mounts that use the 35mm spaced clamp fastening holes.

 

Oh didnt know that.  What i do know is that that guy must be genius.  Why did i always grab that clamp to put the scope in roughly the right direction🙄.   
 

Using this handle with any type of Manny Myles-like plate, will probably only need some longer bolts/screws i guess.   But are there any alternative mounting plates?   

Edited July 27, 2020 by Robindonne

[Robindonne]

 

16 hours ago, John said:

That handle (the one in the top photo) was actually designed for another mount - the T-Rex alt-azimuth that Kokusai Kohki used to market.

As it happens, it does fit a number of other mounts that use the 35mm spaced clamp fastening holes.

 

Euh John....what happened to your long term memory?😅

I found what i was looking for.  Thx to forum back in 2008😅

Edited July 27, 2020 by Robindonne

[John]

2 hours ago, Robindonne said:

 

Euh John....what happened to your long term memory?😅

I found what i was looking for.  Thx to forum back in 2008😅

Believe it or not, I don't read every post made on here !

Glad you found something useful.

 

[markse68]

What’s the advantage of the underneath mounting bracket over the side mount? is it just that it raises the scope a bit?

[Robindonne]

50 minutes ago, markse68 said:

What’s the advantage of the underneath mounting bracket over the side mount? is it just that it raises the scope a bit?

Hmm also a nice benefit.  But besides the maybe easier mounting in the dark, more safe mounting, it was because i could barely fit a mak127 to it.  I wanted to make it possible to mount a c8.   

Strange thing though is that while waiting for the porta to arrive, i start to see more and more pics of c8’s directly mounted to the Porta.  I thought i tried it without getting even near.  

Edited July 27, 2020 by Robindonne