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Top : Science : Astronomy : Amateur : Amateur_Telescope_Making
  • Dobsonian Telescopes
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  • 100% Do It Yourself: Equatorial table, hydraulic focusing system, stepper motor electronic controls, hydraulic drive, advice to build a telescope, and beginners corner
  • A Photovisual Maksutov Cassegrain Telescope: Information acquired during design and construction of a 7.5" aperture F8.
  • 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.
  • An Amateur Telescope Maker's Projects: Articles on various telescope designs.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Copernicus Kintaro Observatory: Provides pictures of the various stages of construction with progress cataloged on the site.
  • 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..
  • 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 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.
  • Mark Parrish's Website: Construction of reflector, refractor, and mini solar cam with images, and astro images.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • The Amateur Telescope Makers Email List: FAQ, managing a subscription, 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.
  • The Construction - Littlebear Observatory: Information and photos on the construction of the observatory.
  • The Dynascope Group: Enthusiasts dedicated to remembering, restoring and recommissioning classic Criterion telescopes.
  • The Octagonal Observatory: Documents design and building of an observatory for NexStar11 GPS telescope with images.
  • Weird Telescopes: Features several unique solutions for telescope issues with images.


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