If there's enough material thickness you could (could have) drill and tap a hole into the CGX part to accept the vertical threaded rod. I did something like that to put a cheapo equatorial mount on a Celestron C5 tripod.
Thanks for checking out this old video. As you can imagine, the problem was solved a while ago. My friend with a lathe was able to make the adapter for me. Clear skies!
@@gregmckay666 no problem. I understood the problem was solved from the comment below...that's why I wrote 'could have'. Also, it's not old, it's timeless. :)
I made this video for a friend, Mike, that has a metal shop with a lathe. He was able to lathe a disc out of a block of aluminum and then drill and tap holes through the top to attach to the tripod and then drilled and tapped holes in the side that the CGX attaches to. It's been a great investment. The factory CGX tripod is fine for visual but inadequate for imaging.
If there's enough material thickness you could (could have) drill and tap a hole into the CGX part to accept the vertical threaded rod. I did something like that to put a cheapo equatorial mount on a Celestron C5 tripod.
Thanks for checking out this old video. As you can imagine, the problem was solved a while ago. My friend with a lathe was able to make the adapter for me.
Clear skies!
@@gregmckay666 no problem. I understood the problem was solved from the comment below...that's why I wrote 'could have'. Also, it's not old, it's timeless. :)
Hello! I have the same issue. How to attach a Celestron Evolution to a Meade field tripod
I made this video for a friend, Mike, that has a metal shop with a lathe. He was able to lathe a disc out of a block of aluminum and then drill and tap holes through the top to attach to the tripod and then drilled and tapped holes in the side that the CGX attaches to. It's been a great investment. The factory CGX tripod is fine for visual but inadequate for imaging.