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Re: [ATM] New to list, I want to make my own mirror
I made my first mirror at 15 years old working by myself with only the books.
(I still think it's a good one.) I'd suggest going to your library and checking out any books they have. It can be really helpful to read different explanations of how to do the same process. And you can see that there are different ways to do things...pick the method you're comfortable with.
If I could choose only one book it would be the one by Tex.
You don't mention having a tool for the 10 inch blank. You may choose to do a tile and plaster tool and those aren't covered in the books, but there're good sites on the web.
Brian
On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, David Nicholls wrote:
> Marinus van der Lugt wrote:
>> I have a short book list on my web page:
>>
>> http://www.xs4all.nl/~lugt/tnp/
>>
>> Especially "How To Make A Telescope" is a very good book. Though not
>> necessarily an easy read.
>
> One to add to the list is "Handbook for telescope making" by N.E.
> Howard. An oldie (1962) but a goodie. May be available secondhand.
>
> See also http://telescopemaking.org/bookshelf.html
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> DN
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