Re: ATM What is easyier for beginer?

[StarHoper@aol.com]

OK everyone!

I can see I will really need to cut my teeth on something a little more 
simple.
I guess I wanted to jump the gun and make these incredible scopes like I see 
in the magazines and Stellifaine (sp) and the ones you guys make on this 
list.  Let me ask you,  what do you do with all these mirrors you guys 
grind????  Do you give em away after your done or just keep making scopes 
till the house and garage is full?  Is this some kind of sickness were you 
start one and you just never stop, you just keep pushing glass and the scopes 
are alway bigger and bigger?  I can see this happening to me.  Problem is the 
wife is already bitchen about the 2 scopes I own.  Some of the materials to 
make telescopes are expensive!

I don't want to make a junk mirror, but at the same time I don't want to have 
to make 3 or 4 before I maker a larger one, say 16 to 18 inch dia.  I have 
heard that ATMers can make scopes/optics much better than the big 2, Meade 
and Celestron. I am guessing this is because they (amature) can put the time 
in that it takes to make very good optics?

So to recap, for my first attempt, I should buy an 8" mirror kit and give it 
go.
Looks like I need to find a supplier!

Thanks all,
David