Re: [ATM] re; Best book to learn mirror making

["B. Bainbridge" <brianb@u.washington.edu>]

I  made my first mirror at 15 years old, working by myself. Most people, 
I'm sure could do the same. I think the mirror turned out pretty well, I 
still have it.
I went to the library and got all the atm books I could get, Tex, Howard, 
Thompson, the three book bible...and read them all carefully. I think 
that's the best way if you're by yourself. All the books have faults. 
Everybody has their own way of doing stuff. I think you oughta see what 
everybody is doing and find your own way of doing things. If it works for 
you, then it's a good way.
Nowadays, folks get a lot of info out of the net. It's good to have at 
least one book to read for an overall intoduction and a resource to look 
back on. I'd probably choose Tex, but the others are good too.
I got the LeClaire book recently. It's got some really nice stuff in it 
but I agree with someone on the list that said it seemed like it was 
written in a hurry. I think a second edition could be really good. For an 
introduction, Tex is better.



On Sat, 16 Oct 2004, Guy Brandenburg wrote:

> I wouldn't recommend the three volume ATM set either.
> It's sort of just for historical interest at this
> point, IMO. A really nice book that nobody else on
> this list has mentioned is a rather new one by Marc
> and Karine LeClaire (sp?), also published by
> Willmann-Bell. It is sort of like Texereau, updated.
> Guy B
>
> --- Richard Schwartz <richas@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> I would suggest that you buy that three volume set
>> and BURN it to keep it
>> out of the hands of some innocent fool.   Keep in
>> mind that when that when
>> many of those papers were written, the hit song was
>> "Horst Wessel Lied", and
>> one did not question authority in those times.
>> Yes, the eleventh
>> commandment:  "Thou shalt not question."
>>
>> . . . Richard
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ellen Mackenzie"
>> <mackenzieconsulting@sympatico.ca>
>> To: "atm" <atm@atmlist.net>
>> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 12:26 PM
>> Subject: [ATM] re; Best book to learn mirror making
>>
>>
>> Hi Justin:
>>     May I suggest that you have a look at the three
>> book series - - -
>> Amateur Telescope Making - - - it has everything in
>> it to get you on your
>> way to making a decent telescope. It is available
>> from Willman bell as are
>> all the grits etc you will need to get started. I
>> built my first 8 inch with
>> nothing more than this series and a local optician
>> to suggest grits, laps,
>> and finishing.
>>     More modern publications tend to take a lot for
>> granted re: prior
>> knowledge. I haven't read Dobson's book but I
>> understand from comments made
>> that it might have a treatment of basic mirror
>> making including thin mirrors
>> from plate glass.
>>
>>
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