Amateur Telescope Making


We dedicate this book, with humility, to the memory of the late Tom Waineo. Tom epitomised the most laudable qualities of the amateur telescope maker, giving selflessly of his time and using his extensive experience and wisdom in order to help others. We hope that our efforts will help to keep Tom's star shining.




Contents

Introduction
Stephen Tonkin


Shoestring Telescopes

Chapter 1: A 6" f/5 Telescope
Steven Lee
Chapter 2: 'Skinflint': a 15.5" f/4.8 Reflector
Gil Stacy
Chapter 3: An 80mm RFT Refractor
Stephen Tonkin


Specialised Telescopes

Chapter 4: Building A High-contrast Planetary Newtonian
Gary Seronik
Chapter 5: A Collapsible Refractor
Klaus-Peter Schröder
Chapter 6: The Construction of a Buchroeder Quad-Shiefspiegler
Terry Platt
Chapter 7: A Wright Camera
Bratislav Curcic
Chapter 8: A Ball-scope – the best portable telescope!
Steven Lee


Mounts

Chapter 9: A Cylindrical Bearing Equatorial Platform
Chuck Shaw
Chapter 10: A Computerized Dobsonian
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Mel Bartels
Chapter 11: Parallelogram Binocular Mount
Scott Wilson


Astrophotography

Chapter 12: A Better Barn Door
Stephen Tonkin
Chapter 13: 'Skypod' – a Simple Sky-tracker
Euan Mason
Chapter 14: Building and Using a Cookbook CCD Camera
Albert F. Kelly
Chapter 15: A Telescope Controller for Synchronous Motors
David Johnson


Appendices

Appendix 1 – Internet Resources
ATM Resources (mainly US)
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Appendix 2 – Contributors
Appendix 3 – References
Appendix 4 – Bibliography



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