Takahashi, Vixen, and Towa eyepiece adapters all from Japan
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These are various eyepiece adapters for your refractor focuser drawtubes. Some will work with reflectors as well. Without these adapters, there is no way to attach your eyepiece, diagonal, or barlow to the telescope. Here's what I have for your missing parts needs:
* 1995 Takahashi visual adapter 1.25-inch model. This has the lovely compression ring-style design, hence to the inexperienced, why you don't see a setscrew on the end. No worrying about marring or dimpling your vintage chrome barrels. This can fit into any Takahashi reflector, refractor, or cassegrain with the correct step-down (or step-up) adapters. They can also thread to BOTH models of the Tak Quintuplet Turrets.
These are all in perfect physical condition; no issues with the inner plastic ring, they compress/release very smoothly, and the male threads are perfect. Cosmetics are solid excellent. $42.00
* 1992 Vixen 1.25-inch visual adapter. The original name of this adapter piece is the EA36.4mm to 31.7mm Eyepiece Adapter (31.7mm is 1.25-inches!) Though back in the 1983-2000 period, many Celestron, Orion, and even Meade, Tasco, and Bausch And Lomb telescopes used this adapter, ONLY VIXEN carried the adapter as a replacement part. And until around 2004, ordering Vixen direct parts was highly difficult in the USA and Canada.
Like the Takahashi unit above, this adapter has male threads for attachement. However, it is very important you realize the attachment to a Vixen-sourced 1.25-inch rack-and-pinion focuser on a reflector (also the sled focuser) is different than attaching this adapter to a 1.25-inch rack-and-pinion focuser on a Vixen refractor.
If you are using this adapter for your Vixen and Vixen-sourced reflector, you do not need anything else. It will immediately thread to the drawtube.
If you are using this adapter for your Vixen and Vixen-sourced refractor, you need the stock 45mm DC Ring (converts 43mm threads of the drawtube to 36.4mm female thread for accepting the EA36.4mm). The 45mm DC Ring threads directly to the "raw' drawtube. Without it, there can be no connection yet to attaching a visual accessory. The good thing here is that while you may likely be missing the 1.25-inch adapter, your applicable refractor already has the 45mm DC Ring attached...They do not come off easily.
Aside from being used on numerous Vixen telescopes, from the original Celestron Firstscope 80 and Comet Catcher, to the Orion VX-102 F, you can also upgrade your current focuser. You can actually use this 1.25-inch adapter to replace your smaller .965-inch adapter on your prized Tasco 8V!!
Physical condition is perfect and the setscrew is original to it. The male threads attach smoothly and the setscrew does not wobble when being turned. Cosmetics are about mint for its age; very pretty. $30.00
* 1974 Towa .965-inch adapter. This is the more common adapter in which it used female threads to attach to the male threads on the drawtube. These were common on the 60mm and some 80mm refractors that utilized .965-inch extending drawtubes (macro focus or fast focus) from the brands Jason, Empire, Tasco, Bushnell, Towa (direct), Sargent Welch, Wetzlar, Monolux, Sears, Meade, Orion, and Amasco. Most of the 60mm f/15 and all the 80mm models will use a (2) setscrew design, not one, but this can still work fine.
Physical condition is perfect. The threads are smooth-running and the setscrew does not wobble. Cosmetics are excxellent on the body and great on the setscrew, which shows some cosmetic wear. $10.00
* 1977 Towa .965-inch adapter. This is the very same style adapter as seen above, except it is the less-common male threads to attach to the female threads on the drawtube. These will also occur on many Towa telescopes, like the Sears Tower 60mm f800mm and the 1st generation Jason 324 Saturns. Again, usually the 900mm or longer focal length refractors will use a (2) setscrew design on the adapter piece, but a single setscrew design, like this one, will work just fine.
Physical condition is perfect. The threads have zero issues mating and the setscrew does not wobble. Cosmetics are very excellent. $14.00
Happy to ship to anyone on the planet.
* 1995 Takahashi visual adapter 1.25-inch model. This has the lovely compression ring-style design, hence to the inexperienced, why you don't see a setscrew on the end. No worrying about marring or dimpling your vintage chrome barrels. This can fit into any Takahashi reflector, refractor, or cassegrain with the correct step-down (or step-up) adapters. They can also thread to BOTH models of the Tak Quintuplet Turrets.
These are all in perfect physical condition; no issues with the inner plastic ring, they compress/release very smoothly, and the male threads are perfect. Cosmetics are solid excellent. $42.00
* 1992 Vixen 1.25-inch visual adapter. The original name of this adapter piece is the EA36.4mm to 31.7mm Eyepiece Adapter (31.7mm is 1.25-inches!) Though back in the 1983-2000 period, many Celestron, Orion, and even Meade, Tasco, and Bausch And Lomb telescopes used this adapter, ONLY VIXEN carried the adapter as a replacement part. And until around 2004, ordering Vixen direct parts was highly difficult in the USA and Canada.
Like the Takahashi unit above, this adapter has male threads for attachement. However, it is very important you realize the attachment to a Vixen-sourced 1.25-inch rack-and-pinion focuser on a reflector (also the sled focuser) is different than attaching this adapter to a 1.25-inch rack-and-pinion focuser on a Vixen refractor.
If you are using this adapter for your Vixen and Vixen-sourced reflector, you do not need anything else. It will immediately thread to the drawtube.
If you are using this adapter for your Vixen and Vixen-sourced refractor, you need the stock 45mm DC Ring (converts 43mm threads of the drawtube to 36.4mm female thread for accepting the EA36.4mm). The 45mm DC Ring threads directly to the "raw' drawtube. Without it, there can be no connection yet to attaching a visual accessory. The good thing here is that while you may likely be missing the 1.25-inch adapter, your applicable refractor already has the 45mm DC Ring attached...They do not come off easily.
Aside from being used on numerous Vixen telescopes, from the original Celestron Firstscope 80 and Comet Catcher, to the Orion VX-102 F, you can also upgrade your current focuser. You can actually use this 1.25-inch adapter to replace your smaller .965-inch adapter on your prized Tasco 8V!!
Physical condition is perfect and the setscrew is original to it. The male threads attach smoothly and the setscrew does not wobble when being turned. Cosmetics are about mint for its age; very pretty. $30.00
* 1974 Towa .965-inch adapter. This is the more common adapter in which it used female threads to attach to the male threads on the drawtube. These were common on the 60mm and some 80mm refractors that utilized .965-inch extending drawtubes (macro focus or fast focus) from the brands Jason, Empire, Tasco, Bushnell, Towa (direct), Sargent Welch, Wetzlar, Monolux, Sears, Meade, Orion, and Amasco. Most of the 60mm f/15 and all the 80mm models will use a (2) setscrew design, not one, but this can still work fine.
Physical condition is perfect. The threads are smooth-running and the setscrew does not wobble. Cosmetics are excxellent on the body and great on the setscrew, which shows some cosmetic wear. $10.00
* 1977 Towa .965-inch adapter. This is the very same style adapter as seen above, except it is the less-common male threads to attach to the female threads on the drawtube. These will also occur on many Towa telescopes, like the Sears Tower 60mm f800mm and the 1st generation Jason 324 Saturns. Again, usually the 900mm or longer focal length refractors will use a (2) setscrew design on the adapter piece, but a single setscrew design, like this one, will work just fine.
Physical condition is perfect. The threads have zero issues mating and the setscrew does not wobble. Cosmetics are very excellent. $14.00
Happy to ship to anyone on the planet.
