Farpoint 7 Inch Universal Dovetail Plate

Product Overview

The Farpoint 7″ Universal Dovetail Plate is a general-purpose D-size (Losmandy-compatible) dovetail bar carrying a variety of mounting hole options along its length. Scope rings, guide scopes, and accessories bolt to the bar, and the finished assembly drops into any D-size saddle. It is machined from aluminum with a black anodized finish, CNC-machined in the United States, and weighs 1.438 lb.

Who It’s For

This is a good match if you…

• run a mount with a D-size (Losmandy-style) saddle and want a bar that is not cut for one specific tube.
• are assembling a short imaging train — rings, guide scope, and a camera — onto a single plate.
• have a tube or a set of rings whose hole spacing falls outside what the fixed-pattern bars offer.
• want a compact 7″ bar rather than the longer 14″ version.

Key Features & Design

• 7″ length: the shorter of the two universal bars, sized for compact tubes and for accessory plates needing little balance range.
• D-size profile: cut to the Losmandy-compatible dovetail standard, the wider of the two common telescope dovetails.
• Variety of mounting holes: multiple hole options along the bar rather than a single fixed pair, so ring spacing and accessory placement have room to move. Farpoint publishes a product drawing with the full pattern.
• Black anodized aluminum: the anodized finish takes handling wear and holds down reflections near the optical path.
• 1.438 lb: a modest addition to the payload for the mounting flexibility it adds.

Recommended Uses

• Carrying a short refractor in rings on a D-size mount.
• Building a side-mounted guide scope and main camera onto one bar.
• Adapting rings whose hole spacing does not line up with a tube-specific bar.
• Providing a D-size foot for an accessory or instrument that shipped without one.

Compatibility and Accessory Notes

• Dovetail standard: D-size, Losmandy-compatible. It drops into any mount or saddle cut for the D standard.
• Mounts with a Vixen saddle: a D-size saddle or a V-to-D conversion brings the mount up to the wider standard.
• Ring hole spacing: the published product drawing gives the hole pattern for comparison against your rings. William Optics and similar clamshell rings on 60 mm spacing are served by the separate metric 7″ bar.
• Material: black anodized aluminum, CNC-machined in the United States.

Tell us your scope and rings and we’ll confirm the fit.

Good to Know Before You Order

• Rings and hardware are separate. The bar is supplied on its own; tube rings, clamshells, and the screws that attach them are bought to suit the tube.
• D-size, not V-size. A mount with a Vixen saddle takes this bar by way of a D saddle or a conversion.
• The hole pattern is fixed in the metal. It is generous, but it is a defined set of positions, and the product drawing is what shows whether a given ring spacing lands on one of them.
• 60 mm metric spacing has its own bar. Farpoint drills a separate metric 7″ version for rings on that pattern.
• Published weight is 1.438 lb. That is the bar alone.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it difficult to install?

It is a hand-tool job. The rings or accessory bolt down through the holes in the bar, and the bar then slides into the mount’s D-size saddle and clamps. The only step that takes thought is choosing which holes to use so the assembly balances.

What is a universal dovetail bar for?

It is the blank canvas of the dovetail system — a D-size bar with multiple mounting holes that accepts scope rings, guide scopes, and accessories, after which the whole assembly drops into any D-size saddle.

Will my rings bolt to it?

The bar offers a variety of hole options, and the published product drawing is the reference for checking them against your rings’ spacing. Rings on 60 mm metric spacing are covered by the separate metric 7″ bar.

Which mounts will this work with?

Any mount with a D-size (Losmandy-style) saddle. Mounts still carrying a narrower Vixen saddle can be brought up with a D-size saddle or a conversion.

How does it compare with the 14″ bar?

The 14″ version is double the length, which suits longer tubes and gives more range for fore-and-aft balancing. The 7″ is the compact option.

Bottom Line

In short: a 1.438 lb, 7″ D-size bar with a generous hole pattern, for the jobs where a tube-specific dovetail does not fit what you are mounting.