Re: [ATM] questions about new-ish ATM book

[Mike Lockwood <melockwo@uiuc.edu>]

Glenn,

Glenn Becker wrote:
> Has anyone taken a look at the recent W-B publication _A Manual for 
> Amateur Telescope Making_, by Karine and Jean-Marc Lecleire? I'm wondering 
> if it at all fills any of the "gaps" left by other ATM books, especially 
> in the area of being helpful with the figuring process.

Others like the book, but I haven't seen it.

Here are my answers to the "gaps" left in describing the figuring process:

http://bi-staff.beckman.uiuc.edu/~melockwo/mirror_making/full_lap/full_lap.html
http://bi-staff.beckman.uiuc.edu/~melockwo/mirror_making/oblate/oblate.html

Those gaps (and lots of questions on this list) are why I wrote those 
two articles.

	Mike Lockwood

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