Large Binocular Finder Mount

Last crawled date: 4 years, 2 months ago

I needed a finder for my large, 25 x 100, Celestron astronomical binoculars. Not being able to find a suitable commercially available solution, I designed this part to hold a cheapo red dot finder from an old Meade telescope. The finder slides into a dovetail and the bracket then snaps down over the center rod (16 mm dia I believe), slides back and snaps over the upright that would connect to your tripod or mount (25 mm dia I believe).
I posted my personal iteration in case someone had the same parts at hand. I also included a blank version in case you would just want to bolt a shoe for other finders or for you to alter to your needs. I included an .STP file of the blank mount so you can import and alter to suit your needs in most CAD programs. If someone wants an alteration to suit a specific finder, comment with the dimensions of what you need and I might can alter it and post it also.