Take a look at item #360100013737 on Ebay. It may be the piece that
you need!


--- In classictelescopes@yahoogroups.com, "ratoren" <ratoren@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi all - I was jogging the other day, and someone had left an Orion-
> labeled Towa 339 in a public trash can next to a park. I was quite
> impressed - drove back 30 minutes later, and picked it up. After
> cleaning it up a bit, we took it outside last night, and the views
are
> quite good. I really didn't need another telescope, but couldn't
pass
> the price up.
>
> It is missing one thing - on the wooden tripod, the bar holding the
> tripod to the eyepiece tray. It is currently being held together by
a
> cable. It looks like I can just find any cheap telescope (maybe at
a
> garage sale or thrift store), and change this out.
>
> BTW, my first telescope was a 1970's orange tube C-5, which I got
at a
> thrift store for $20. The corrector plate was missing, but at the
time
> (about 8 years ago), Celestron replaced it for free (and recoated
the
> mirror) - though I did have to drive to their factory in Torrance
CA.
>