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Amateur Telescope Maker's (ATM) Archives

ATM Mailing List FAQ

Amateur Telescope Maker's Resource List

The ATM Page

S*T*A*R Astronomy - Telescope Making

ATM dictionary

Getting Started with Building Your First Telescope

Assembling Your Telescope

Mark's Favorite Telescopemaking Links

Telescope Tubes

Hastings Telescope Page

fiberglass-tube

ATM How to Make a Composite Tube

Wooden Tubes

Hollowood Pricing - BrandNew

Hollowood Exotic Plywood Tubing by BrandNew

Ait Wood (plywood tubes)

Eyepieces

Astronomy Boy: Homemade Eyepieces

Tele Vue Optics - Eyepiece Specifications

The ATM Page - Eyepiece Barrels and Threads

Barlow extensions

Mechanical Tips

Metal

Anodizing

ANODISING

Machining Technique for Worm Drives

Mirror Cells

Mirror Cells for Amateur Telescope Makers

Johan Vanbeselaeres Mirror cell design help

Mirror Cell Design by Stewart

The Primary Mirror Cell

Coulter Makeover Part 1 - An Easy to Make Six Point Mirror Cell

Schmidling's Mirror Cell

PLOP Mirror Cell Design

A 16" 9 Point Mirror Cell

dhttp://users.eastlink.ca/~jpcrombie/page7.html

8 Inch Mirror Cell

CCD

Poul Linnet

The Audine Project

An Audine Camera

Cookbook CCD camera Home Page

The Cookbook Camera Parts Depot

Kodak: Solid State Image Sensors

Amateur's Pages

Art Russell's FOCUS Website (star hopping articles)

bearings

Trusses

Seventeen Inch Telescope

Spiders and Secondary Holders

Secondary and Tertiary plan

Spider and Front End

Guitar Machine Head Spider Tensioners

A Hacksaw Spider

The ATM Page - Curved Spiders

Berthold Hamburger's 2 vane spider & secondary holder

A Hacksaw Spider

Schmidling's Diagonal Holder

Swayzes' How to build a Spider for your Telescope

Ross Orr: A Homemade Diagonal-Holder

Focusers

focuser

GALLERY-Articles; Servo Focuser

Jim Sapp's Cass Page (includes crayfords)

Simple Crayfor Drawing

Crayford Picture...

...and Crayford Drawing

A Hardware-Store Focuser

My 18.5" scope, version 1 - with crayford focuser

Compliant Focuser

Berthold Hamburger's Sled Focuser

The ATM Page - Crayford Focuser

Glen Bankston's Crayford Focuser

focuser

Filter Holders

Filter Slide by Stewart

Camera/eyepiece "slide"

FILTER WHEEL

Dew Control

Board Layout for Don Clement's Dew Heater Compensation Circuit

Temperature Control for Dew Prevention-Donald Clement

Dew Power

Home made dew heater

Observing Lights

Binoculars

Giant Binoculars

Dave Trott's Telescope Research - includes 13" binoculars

Binocular Mounts

building a parallelogram binocular mount

A Parallelogram Binocular Mount

Mechanial Design

Astronomy and ATM (cassegrain design spreadsheet)

Optical Design

OSLO Optical Design Software

Focus Software Inc. - ZEMAX� optical design and analysis software

Telescope Optics

ATMOS Optical Design and Analysis Software

MODAS Optical Design Program - software overview

A Reflective Spectroscope

Cassegrain calculator - Tomas Maruska

Peter Smith

Stevick-Paul Telescopes

Unobstructed Newtonian

Herrig Telescope

Ken's Eyepiece Corner

All About Eyepiece Designs

Icarus Optics

Optical formulae

Mersenne Telescope Article

The Kutter Schiefspiegler

Yolo Telescopes

Grinding Glass

Grinding

An ATM's Grinding Barrel Top

Grinding Your Telescope Mirror

Polishing Your Telescope Mirror

Stress Testing Glass

Polishing

Glass Notes

Grit and Microgrit Grading Conversion Chart at READE

Making a tile on plaster tool

Berthold Hamburger's Tile Tool Page (mirror)

Mel's Mirror Making

Grinding with Washers

Large Thin Mirror Making

Grinding Large Thin Mirrors Part I

Grinding,Polishing and Figuring Large Thin Mirrors - Part 2 - Polishing

Astronomy, telescope making ,mirror grinding and testing

Diagonals/Flats

Diagonal Making

Diagonals

Cutting

Trepanning

How I cut the Glass Mirror Blanks

Grinding Machines

Building a Waineo type grinding machine

homepage msp1

Mirror-o-matic

Tom Waineo's <BR> Desktop Grinding/Polishing Machine

Ken Lilja's Grinding Machine

Yrj� Pullinen - ATM - Grinding Machine

Grinding Machine

Figuring

Figuring a Parabo�dal mirror by thermal predistortion

Optical Testing

The Basics of Telescope Testing

Test Stand

Rating Mirrors - amateur telescope making

MEASURING REFLECTIVITY OF SECONDARY MIRRORS

Foucault Test

tester

Foucault Tester

Mirror Zone Calculator

Foucault Testing

Foucault Shadowgrams

Foucault Knife Edge Mirror Testing

Slitless Foucault Tester (Berthold Hamburger)

Testing

Homemade Foucault Tester

RASC Telescope Makers Group - Foucault Test

The ATM Page - A Foucault Tester

Glen Bankston's Foucault Tester

A Geometric Explanation of the Foucault Test

Jim Burrows' Sixtests Foucault Software

Rdunna ATM Page

Mike Lindner

Yrj� Pullinen - Foucault tester

Stellafane ATM: Build a Mirror Tester

Interference Tests

Fringe testing a secondary

Stockton Astronomical Society

Shearing Interferometer

Null Tests

Waineo Null Tester

Null Test for Asperic Mirrors

Star Test

Star Testing

Star Testing 2

Ronchi Test

The Ronchi Test

Berthold Hamburger's Home Page/Ronchi Screen

The Matching Ronchi Test

Caustic Test

Poor Man's Caustic Test

http://members.gotnet.net/bald/atm/caustic.htm

Spherometers

Spherometer

AstronomyDaily.com - Schmidt Corrector Plates

10/25/99 An Adjustable Spherometer

Projects for Astronomers

Astro-Tel - Spherometers page 1

Ken Hunter's Spherometer Spreadsheet

Silvering/Aluminizing

Mirror Resilvering

the Bell Jar - Vacuum Technique for the Amateur

Silvering an 18.5 inch mirror

Notes on the silvering of mirrors

Mirror Silvering

Astronomy Clubs

Mirror Makers of the Stockton Astronomical Society

Stellafane HomePage

Stillwater Stargazers (Ohio)

Welcome to S*T*A*R Astronomy Club

The Sidewalk Astronomers, San Francisco

Kalamazoo Astronomical Society (KAS)

The Prairie Astronomy Club: Lincoln, Nebraska

Observatories

My Backyard Mini-Observatory

Collimation

FAQ about Collimating a Newtonian telescope

Barlowed Laser Collimator

Cheshire Collimator

The YACHT or Yet Another Collimating Home-made Tool

Laser Collimation Tool

My laser collimator

S*T*A*R Astronomy - Making a Sight Tube

CosmicOne - Ultra Cheap Collimation Eyepiece

Exercise in Collimation

CATSEYE NEWTONIAN TELESCOPE COLLIMATION SYSTEM FLYER

Software

ATM Programs

Telescope Making Software

Ken's Telescope Calculator

John Upton

Software

ATM Software

IRAF Software

XEphem 3.2.2

WinEphem -- An ephemerides program for Windows

SkyMap Software home page

LinuxAstro Software

Astronomy Freeware and Shareware

Mounts

Setting Circles

Dave Ek's Digital Setting Circles Project Home Page

Barn Door

Barn Door

AstronomyPageFiveBarnDoor

Heavy Duty Tangent Arm Drive

A Quartz Controlled Scotch Mount

Low-tech barndoor drive

Astronomy Boy: Barn Door Camera Mount

The double-arm barn door tracker

The double-arm barn door tracker

Scotch mount/barndoor artikel

Tracking Mounts

Portable Equatorial Mount

Split Ring

Willie's 9" Split-ring Equatorial Telescope

The ATM Page - 12.5" Split Ring Newtonian

Dob

Front Virtual Counterweights

Thoughts on Building a Dobsonian

How to Build a Dobsonian Telescope

DobDriver Installation by Stewart

German

CAPELLA PLANS

Brads Homebuilt GEM

Second Generation Roller Drive GEM

Jim Sapp's German Mount

Schmidling's Equatorial Mount

Astronomy Boy: Animated Equatorial Mount Tutorial

Astronomy Boy: CG-5 Mount Improvements

EQUATORIAL MOUNT

Fork

Wedge Design by Stewart

Horseshoe

Mel Bartels' horseshoe mount

Poncet

GALLERY-Articles; Poncet Table

Building an equatorial platform for a dobsonian telescope

Equatorial Cable Drive

A Low Profile Equatorial Table

An Evolved Poncet Platform

Chuck Shaw's Homepage

Cylindrical Bearing Equatorial Platforms

Other

Meade Field Tripod Modifications

Meade Tripod Shelf by Stewart

SPM Tripod Shelf by Stewart

2-D CounterWeightSystem Text

Drives and Control Electronics

The Ouranos Interface

HD System's Tech Page (harmonic drive gears)

Equatorial Cable Drive

http://www.bbastrodesigns.com/cot/cot.html

The MacDob Project

Finders

Red Dot Finder

Blinking Telrads

The Infinity or Reflex Sight

AstronomypagethreeAReflexSightone

Homemade Reflex Finder

Herschelian Reflex Finder

Daisy Gun sight modification (yet another)

Mike Lindner's Scope Page

Using a Daisy Electronic Point Sight on your Telescope

Scope Plans

Brads First Telescope and Mount

My First Scope

My Mini

12.5" Dall-Kirkham Telescope

Bob Bunge's TJ2 - Story of a 20-inch Dobsonian Telescope, the history of a 20 year old Dobsonian

ATM Built Scopes (Stockton Astronomical Society)

http://members.gotnet.net/bald/atm/40.htm

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CosmicOne - The 4 Inch Dob Home Page

Al's 12�" Split-Ring Telescope

Building A Dilworth Relay Telescope

Tom Krajci's Minimalist, Virtual Counter Weight, Dobsonian

Ron's Telescope Page

Janes 16 Inch String Telescope

The Criterion DYNASCOPE Group - Home Page

The Perfect Telescope

Folded Refractor Telescope

Bruce Weertman's 6 Inch RFT Telescope

8 inch F5.2 Puzzle Scope

Tripod Sled by Stewart

Alternate Sled Design

T-Frame Telescope Transporter

Scope Transporter by Dave Dixon

AstroDesigns Homepage

LX200 Modifications

Mike's Star Hopper Modifications

James Crombie's Truss style alt-azimuth telescope

Alice

8 Inch Dobsonian/Newtonian

Mark Kaye's Equipment Page

The Furniture Scope

PLANS FOR BUILDING A SIDEWALK TELESCOPE

Bruce Sayre

Schiefspieglers

Telescope Making by Jean-Marc Becker

NEWTONIAN TELESCOPE DESIGN PLANNER HOME PAGE

Jim Fly's Telescope Construction Highlights

Clive Milne's Lightweight 12.5"

the Backpacking Telescope Page

Schiefspiegler (tilted optic) Telescopes

Schiefspiegler Telescopes

Astronomy page

New Tetra Telescope

A New Concept for Tilted-Component Telescopes

Travel Scopes

Bob Bunge's 12.25-inch f/5.4 "Ellie" Suitcase Travel Telescope

13-inch "Travel Scope" Plans

Copy Scopes

How to Build a Copyscope

Build a copyscope

Other Plans

projects-page

GALLERY-Articles; Apodizing Mask

An Eyepiece Storage Case

The ATM's Workbench

ATM People

Greg Babcock

Dan Bakken

Jeff Baldwin

Bob Bunge's TJ2 - A Quick Remove Wheel Barrow Handle System for a 20-inch Dobsonian

Mel Bartels

Dave Bevel

Joe Campbell

Michael Coslo

James Crombie

John Cross

Brad Davy

Jeff DeTray (Astronomy Boy)

Dave Ek (The Gearloose Chronicles)

Olle Eriksson

David Fansler

Ron Forrester

Dave Gault

Jim Girard

Joe Goins

Greg Granville

Dan Gray

Berthold Hamburger

John Kasunich

Mark Kaye

Dale Keller's Web Page

Jonathan Kern

stans atm site

Shane's ATM Page

Danie Malan

Kurt Maurer

http://webu.wigloo.com/bobmay/

Claudio Minutella

Ross W. Orr

Michael Peck

Donald Qualls (aka the Silent Observer)

David Rowe

Scott Rychnovsky

Benoit Schillings

Michael H. Schmidt

Dave Sopchak

David Stevick

Tom Stock

Dave Trott

Johan Vanbeselaeres

J Vanderhoek

Mark VandeWettering

Jan van Gastel

Bruce Weertman

Tracy Wilson's Web Page

Gary Wolanski

Graham Wood

Observing Chairs

CATSPERCH CHAIR FLYER

The Beer Chair

Starmaster's Star Step Observing Chair

Observer's Seat

Denver Observer?s Chair Modification

Astro chair picture

Observing Chair

Joel Frazier Observing Chair Review September 2001

Supplies

Baltic Birch Plywood

Kevlar Strap

Planet Helix (Observing Accessories)

Electroplating, Plating, Polishing and Buffing Chrome & Nickel.

Dealers Electric, Motors, Motor, Variable Speeds, Reducers, Inverters, Transformers, Gearmotors and more!

Australian Stained Glass Supplies - Glass tools, books, products, classes and tuition.

American Precision Gear Company Home Page

Thermoplastic Metric Gears by Spicer Industries Inc.

Power Transmission Home Page--Actuators, Gears, Bearings, Motors, Drives, Transmissions, Controls, Clutches, Brakes, Couplings, Sensors and more

MetalMart.com Home Page of Metal Express

Sears Parts Store

MainFramesPage

MoonLite Telescope Accessories

Gary's Astro Fabricating

David Chandler Company Home Page

Binocular & Telescope Shop (Australia)

Malco Precision Products (truss tube clamps)

Astronomy-Mall - Companies Short List

Jim Kendrick Studio, Dew Remover System, Dew Prevention, Portable Observatory Tents, Kwik Focus Lens caps, Off Axis Solar Filters, Portable Battery Packs, Laser Collimators submit

Focus Camera & Video Store Homepage

Anacortes Telescope and Wild Bird

Silicone Remover by Silicones Unlimited an unmatched product for the silicone industry.

Orion Telescopes and Binoculars

Welcome to Jack Schmidling Productions, Inc.

Stargazer Steve Telescopes

JIM FLY'S MOTORIZED DOBSONIAN TELESCOPE HOME PAGE

Cir-Kit Concepts Products

Welcome to ICSTARS Astronomy

Large Custom Optics and Mirrors

Sorbothane Pads

AstroSystems Inc.

http://www.astro-physics.com/

Reid Tool

Ait Wood (plywood tubes)

KineOptics HC-2 Helical Crayford Focuser

Rush Gear Home Page - Made-To-Order Gears

Electronics, Motors, etc.

Mouser Electronics, Distributor of Electronic Components

Jameco Electronics

Goldmine Home Page

Alltronics Surplus Electronics

All Electronics Corp - Parts and Supplies/New and Surplus

Surplus Electronics MECI

Herbach and Rademan - Surplus Electro-mechanical & Scientific Equipment

RXDesign Servo Products. 12V powered, RS232 serial controlled up to 6 axes, closed loop servo axis cards for industry, astronomy, and robotics. Also Computerized Astronomical Telescope controllers compatible with the ServoCAT line fo servo cards.

CCD

Apogee provides high-performance CCD digital imaging cameras

SBIG Santa Barbara Instrument Group

Starlight XPress - Welcome

Metal & MetalWorking Tools

Powder Coating Online

Harvey Racing Engines Web Page

Electroplating, Plating, Polishing and Buffing Chrome & Nickel.

ASAP Source (Aluminum, Steel and Plastic)

OnlineMetals - Small Quantities Specialist - Online Metal Cutting and online metal ordering

Machinist Materials: Home Page

Machinist-Materials, Direct Sales, Plastics UHMW

Teflon

DJSMACHINERYSALES.COM

International Sales & Marketing Group

MetalsDepot - America's Metal Superstore! Buy Small Quantity Metals Online!

MRO Industrial Distributor of Supplies, Tools and Metals

Other Mechanical Parts

Rutland Tool & Supply

Lee Valley Tools

Lee Valley Tools - Cam Clamp Mechanism

J&L Industrial - Welcome

Kitchener Gear Ltd.

Torque Transmission home page

Monroe Engineering Products, Inc.

80/20, Inc. - The Industrial Erector Set

Sky Commander Digital Setting Circles

Fibre Glast Developments Corp. - Fiberglass,Carbon Fiber

Welcome to the Aircraft Spruce Web Site!

Aluminum & Titanium Metric Fasteners

Tower Hobbies - The World's Premier Supplier of Radio Control Models

Welcome to the Boca Bearing Company

Surplus Stuff

Anchor Optical Surplus

BRIGAR ELECTRONICS inc.

BSC Optics

American Science & Surplus

Surplus Shack

Tubes

PACIFIC WORKStm (composite tubes & cells)

Magnum - AIRFRAME TUBING

Yazoo Mills, paper tubes and cores

Books and Publications

Sky & Telescope Magazine Archive Search

Welcome to Willmann-Bell, Inc.

Dave's Astronomy Magazine

Amateur Astronomy Magazine

Sky and Telescope Magazine -- Home Page

ASTRONOMY Magazine

Glass

Northern Lights Optics

HOYA GROUP JAPAN

Newport Glass Works

Glass Fab

Schott Glass Technologies Inc

Ohara Main Page

Grinding Supplies

Salem Distributing Price List

http://www.salemdist.com

Got Grit ? Mirror Grinding Kits and Supplies

Ortho Cast, Inc. - Orthodontic Study Models Dental Supplies Laboratory Equipment

Home Page - Darby Dental Supply Dental products, supplies and more

Optical Coatings

Majestic Optical Coatings -

Spectrum Coatings

http://www.clausing.com/

Continental Optical Corporation - High Quality Custom Optical Components

Optics

Lightholder Optics Premium Newtonian Mirrors

Telescope Engineering Company

Rini Eyepiece Lens Sets page 1

Galaxy Optics Home Page

Pegasus Optics Home Page

Swayze Optical! Home Page

Coulter Optical (tm) Odyssey (tm) Low Cost Large Aperture Dobsonian Newtonian Reflector Telescopes

Discovery Telescopes

Composite Optics, Inc.

Ceravolo Optical Systems

ISP Optics

MURNAGHAN Instruments CCD, Telescopes, Video Microscopy, Imaging