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.
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.
Foucault Tester :

- Building a 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.
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.