ATM Re: mirrors

[tkrajci@san.osd.mil]

>From: "stipe  vladova" <stipe.vladova@st.hinet.hr>

>Keith, you  are  right. There  are  a  lots  of  "brains" who  will  tell
>you  wrong  informaces  or  they  just  dont  want  to  tell  anything. I
>was  in  that  situation  with  my  first  mirror  too, I  figured  and
>corrected  my  first  mirror  over  two  years  because  nobody  did  tell
>me  that  too  soft  pitch  and  fast  polishing  strokes  cause  rough
>optical  curve....

What books on amateur telescope making are available in Croatia?

The reason I ask is that it seems there is an increasing trend in the 
internet ATM community...forget the books...just post a question to a list 
and an anonymous answer will be good enough!  ;-)

Published books on amateur telescope making usually have to survive 
editorial review for content and accuracy.  Sadly, this is not the case 
with email lists...which means the 'free and rapid' advice you get on the 
email lists may be worse than useless...it may be wrong and 
counterproductive.  :-(

Carefully evaluate the advice you get 'for free' from an 
anomymous 'expert'.  You have been warned.  :-0

Tom Krajci
Tashkent, Uzbekistan