Fwd: Re: [ATM] re; Best book to learn mirror making - writing style

["Matthew L. Brown" <mlbrown@everstrive.com>]

>I, too, often return to Sam Brown's (no relation) book, though generally 
>for his page on figuring.  Otherwise, I've found the rest of the book far 
>too optimistic in amount of wets, grinding times, polishing hours, 
>etc.  However, it is a good newbie book, in that it doesn't make things 
>look too hard, as Texereau does.

=Matt


>To: "Woodchuck <djv" <djv@bedford.net>



>I guess the writing style and the content of Sam Brown's "All About
>Telescopes" are the reasons I kept returning to this book for directions
>when learning how to make tscope mirrors.
>
>I tried the others...they are ok to read but difficult to translate into
>the actions necessary to make glass behave.
>
>Brown's book could be updated to include more modern materials and
>resources but it is still a great starting platform.
>
>Don...
>



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