Casady Multiscope and TGADs

This is a massive multi scope bar that was sold by Robin Casady about 15 years ago.  It is complete overkill except for people a bit off their rockers (you know who you are) or it can double as a weight bar for those resistance exercises which are so in style for our generation.  The streaks in the photo aren't scratches.  I noticed them afterward but they will come off without marks.

It can hold two scopes spaced 29 inches apart, three scopes that are spaced 14.5 inches apart, or five small scopes spaced 7 inches apart.  It is pictured with three TGAD devices (to adjust interscope collimation) which I will hold for the buyer of this item.  I have a fourth that I can throw in if you are going to mount five scopes.  You need at least one regular Casady dovetail and I have that too.  You can put several regular dovetails on the bar but the scopes may show slightly different views.

The price is for the multiscope 32 only.  The buyer can choose whatever TGADs he or she wants and the prices will be lower than I will offer separately.  If this doesn't sell I'll offer the TGADs separately.   I apologize for the shipping charges that this will incur.

From the old website that you can get to on the old Robin Casady site via the Wayback Machine in 2019 (don’t go to the current version):

“This bar was designed for large German equatorial mounts such as the Astro-Physics 1200, Paramount ME, and Takahashi EM500. Its purpose is to carry large OTAs in tandem or other multiples, such as a 16" RC and a 160mm refractor, or up to five smaller scopes. There is room for a C14, a 7" Maksutov-Cassegrain, and a 160mm refractor all together.

The bottom of the MultiScope32 has a standard Losmandy D compatible dovetail machined in. This will attach to your mount with my Dove14 saddle.

Tandem Guidescope Aiming Devices (TGAD) will fit in the narrow sections of the MultiScope32.

Takahashi clamsell rings will bolt directly onto the MultiScope32. For other OTAs you will need to mount my dovetail saddles on the MultiScope32 and your OTAs will need Losmandy dovetail bars.

This was machined from a special grade of 6061-T6 tooling plate aluminum to reduce the possibility of warpage. Standard billet aluminum has internal stresses from being rolled out. When machined, the uneven relief of surface stresses can cause slight warpage on a part this long. Tooling plate aluminum is manufactured to avoid this problem.”