Re: ATM making maksutovs

["Frank" <thewards@mindspring.com>]

Kreig,

I haven't ground the glass but I've built one.
All the questions you ask and many more you haven't
considered yet are in the small booklet published
during the 60's by Millard Fillamore.  Sky Publishing
still sells it.  He covers everything.....with plenty of
pictures.

Frank Ward
-----Original Message-----
From: Kreig McBride <kmcbride@memes.com>
To: atm@shore.net <atm@shore.net>
Date: Monday, July 26, 1999 6:23 PM
Subject: ATM making maksutovs


>
>So how many of you on the list have made or are in the process of making a
>Maksutov telescope?
>Do you have any comments, stories, or recommendations about your
>experieces??
>What kind of glass did you use? Where was the glass obtained?
>What were the design parameters and where did these numbers come from??
>What construction methods did you use?
>Would you do it again or how might you change what you did?
>
>Enquiring minds want to know!!
>
>Kreig McBride
>Bellingham, Wa
>
>