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This category lists sites specifically for amateur telescope making (ATM) as well as any of the parts or accessories belonging to a telescope.
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An Amateur Telescope Maker's Projects - Articles on various telescope designs. Mirror Making and Other Activities by Laurie Hall - Mirror making, the equipment and testing equipment. 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. Mike's Telescope Workshop - Photos and descriptions of binocular stand, several telescopes, solar camera, and links for parts. 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. Computer Operated Telescopes - Features plans and designs for stepper or servo motor layouts as well as features, free software, how-to information, and links. Got Grit? - Telescope mirror making supplies and tutorials. Shane LaPierre's ATM Pages - 20" Dobsonian, 8" versatile newt, cookbook 245 CCD, equipment, images, logs, and links. The Amateur Telescope Makers Email List - FAQ, managing a subscription, and archives. Poor Meadow Dyke Observatory - Construction details with images of Dobsonian, GEM reflector, portable Dobsonian, 20" goto scope, dome, and 20" goto Dobsonian. Al's Custom Telescope Accessories - Oak tripod, tripod accessories, leg kits, feedback, and links. How Products Are Made: Telescope - Background, raw materials, and the manufacturing process with references. Foucault Tester - Building a tester with a unique return mechanism, simplistic in design and very practical, enables the user to obtain highly accurate results. Astral Weeks - Construction of reflector, refractor, and mini solar cam with images, and astro images. Scope Making - Plans and instructions for building a Dobsonian, refractor, wooden tripod, eyepieces and other accessories. ATM Letters - Electronic based Journal with current issue, past issues, and archives. A Photovisual Maksutov Cassegrain Telescope - Information acquired during design and construction of a 7.5" aperture F8. Stellafane ATM Pages - Simple and proven techniques that most appropriate for the beginner and the novice mirror and telescope makers. Bill's 14.5 Inch Telescope Making Project - Description, photographs, rebuilding of telescope, making simple lens for reflector, and links.
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