Science: Astronomy: Amateur: Amateur_Telescope_Making
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Al's Custom Telescope Accessories
Oak tripod, tripod accessories, leg kits, feedback, and links.
Amateur Telescope Makers (ATM) Archives
To disseminate knowledge, experiences, ideas, and resources.
The Amateur Telescope Makers Email List
FAQ, managing a subscription, and archives.
An Amateur Telescope Maker's Projects
Articles on various telescope designs.
Astral Weeks
Construction of reflector, refractor, and mini solar cam with images, and astro images.
Astro Designs
Accessory designs and information to enhance the use of Meade LX200s, Dobsonian reflectors, and other telescopes plus star charts for computerized telescopes.
Astronomy and Telescope Making
List of projects, mirror testing, do it yourself projects, CCD imaging and techniques, and Messier observations.
ATM - Amateur Telescope Making
Information on telescope building, equatorial platform, scotch mount, and binocular mount, and information how to let a Dobsonian telescope move smoothly.
ATM Letters
Electronic based Journal with current issue, past issues, and archives.
The ATM Site
Repository for resources and techniques by chronological, keyword, or author.
The ATM's Workshop
Areas covered include optics, woodworking, metalworking, electronics, programming, and telescope equipment, and tips and techniques.
Bill's 14.5 inch Telescope Making Project
Description, photographs, rebuilding of telescope, making simple lens for reflector, and links.
Computer Operated Telescopes
Features plans and designs for stepper or servo motor layouts as well as features, free software, how-to information, and links.
The Construction - Littlebear Observatory
Information and photos on the construction of the observatory.
Dan Bakken and Hercules
World's largest portable amateur telescope, 41.2" Newtonian reflector with pictures of the telescope and during construction.
Dave's ATM Page
Information to add altitude-azimuth controller and unipolar stepper motor controller to a telescope, and directions with drawings and images of individual parts for a ten inch scope.
Digital Setting Circle Installation on Celestron C8 Fork Mount
Shows installation of electronics and mounting of the shaft encoders to both axis of the telescope, includes photographs and drawings..
100% Do It Yourself
Equatorial table, hydraulic focusing system, stepper motor electronic controls, hydraulic drive, advice to build a telescope, and beginners corner
Donkey's and Fat Boy's Telescope Page
Materials, decisions, rough and fine grinding, and polishing to make a 8" mirror.
The Dynascope Group
Enthusiasts dedicated to remembering, restoring and recommissioning classic Criterion telescopes.
Foucault Tester
Building a Foucault tester with a unique return mechanism, simplistic in design and very practical, enables the user to obtain highly accurate results.
Got Grit?
Telescope mirror making supplies and tutorials.
How Products Are Made: Telescope
Background, raw materials, and the manufacturing process with references.
I and My Telescope
Amateur telescope making, mirror grinding.
Jim Richberg's Mostly Astronomy Web Site
Projects, solar observing, collimation tools, observing tips, gallery, and links.
Making and Motorizing of Telescope
Construction of small newtonian and Mel Bartels system for computer control.
Meade 826 Reflector Telescope
Details the restoration of the equipment from the late 1970's.
Mike Lindner's Telescope Making
Links to completed telescopes and free mirror testing software.
Mike's Telescope Workshop
Photos and descriptions of binocular stand, several telescopes, solar camera, and links for parts.
Mirror Making and Other Activities by Laurie Hall
Mirror making, the equipment and testing equipment.
The Octagonal Observatory
Documents design and building of an observatory for NexStar11 GPS telescope with images.
A Photovisual Maksutov Cassegrain Telescope
Information acquired during design and construction of a 7.5" aperture F8.
Poor Meadow Dyke Observatory
Construction details with images of Dobsonian, GEM reflector, portable Dobsonian, 20" goto scope, dome, and 20" goto Dobsonian.
San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers - Building Telescopes
Plans and how-tos for building a Dobsonian telescope, solar filter, and mirror-making techniques.
Scope Making
Plans and instructions for building a Dobsonian, refractor, wooden tripod, eyepieces and other accessories.
Shane LaPierre's ATM Pages
20" Dobsonian, 8" versatile newt, cookbook 245 CCD, equipment, images, logs, and links.
Stellafane ATM Pages
Simple and proven techniques that most appropriate for the beginner and the novice mirror and telescope makers.
Telescope Making 1997 - 2000
Personal log of making a 10 inch Newtonian telescope and mirror, including pictures.
Weird Telescopes
Features several unique solutions for telescope issues with images.
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