> all good book in their own way but the book I keep coming back to, because,
> amoungst other things, for it's sheer simplicitity and understandability,
>is the
> book by N. E. Howard 'The Standard Handbook for Telescope Making' (that's
> what it's called in America, over here in Europe it appeared under the name
> 'How to make a Telescope'). Highly recommended.
I endorse that -- although I bought my copy here (UK) as "The Standard ...[etc]".
Other things that have inspired me are the Scientific American "Amateur telescope Making" books -- much of it is out of date, but I found that they inspired me with their creativity -- I had lot's of ideas, some of which worked which resulted from the way those books somehow taught me to approach things.
Clear Skies, Steve <sft@aegis1.demon.co.uk>