PrimaLuceLab Dovetail Clamp Vixen and Losmandy PLUS

The dovetail clamps provide the connection to telescopes support plates and are helpful to make support instruments like side-by-side plates (to support two telescopes in parallel on the same mount) or to allow the precise positioning of the guide rings (to adjust precisely the weight balance).

The Dovetail Clamp Vixen+Losmandy PLUS is a piece of the framework PLUS (Prima Luce Universal System) which incorporates a vast assortment of support rings, plates, guide rings and dovetail clamps to offer the greatest flexibility to assemble your mechanical system of support, depending on the application that you need to accomplish. In reality, every one of the PLUS components have threaded holes, holes and slots suitable for connecting elements, always with maximum rigidity and comfort.

For this application, PrimaLuceLab has designed numerous components, including the dovetail Clamp Vixen+Losmandy PLUS. Each piece of the PLUS framework is made of aluminum blocks that are high precision CNC machined. The aluminum is then sandblasted to achieve an exceptionally smooth surface finish and is anodized (hard anodizing) to increase the hardness of the material and shield it from oxidation.

Thanks to the particular design, the Dovetail Clamp Vixen+Losmandy PLUS can be:

1. Installed (2 dovetail clamps) on any of our PLUS plates to achieve a side-by-side plate (which allows you to install two telescopes in parallel on the same mount). Thanks to the presence of all necessary threaded holes, you can create side-by-side plates either with Vixen or Losmandy connection plate for different mounts.

2. Installed over a Vixen or Losmandy plate positioned above the telescope support ring: if you install a Vixen or Losmandy PLUS plate above the support rings of your telescope, you can scroll through these dovetail clamps (with the guide rings screwed on) in perfect position to properly balance the weight of the guide telescope.

Other branded mechanical accessories can still use all the elements of the PLUS system with provided series of central slots that allow, for instance, to fix on these dovetail clamps on plates or rings through a screw.