Bob Madden
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On Mon, 3 Apr 1995, Mark VandeWettering wrote:
> At the Chabot Workshop, Alan Takahashi constructed a 6" f4 (I believe f/4)
> which used a half thickness mirror, and a simple "tube" made out of two
> end rings, and two cross truts of titanium (light but sturdy) holding them
> apart. The resulting telescope was quite light and portable.
>
> Horace Dall made a 6" Dall-Kirkham which weighed only a couple of pounds and
> could be folded up to fit in a coat pocket. In Telescope Making Magazine,
> someone (Cox maybe?) made smaller 3.5" ones of the same design. Really
> quite cute.
>
>
> I can look up some references and maybe get Alan to write something up
> if there is sufficient interest.
>
> Mark
>