Amateur Telescope Making

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.

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

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