AmateurTelescope Making

Resources

• If you are a beginner and want to know how to get started, click here.

• A primary resource is often ATM Books. There is something here for everyone from beginner to advanced.

• If you need to source something, this list of UK ATM Suppliers should help.

• There is a confusing multitude of ways of measuring the sizes of abrasives used in optical work. My Guide to Abrasive Sizes resolves this potential confusion.

• These ATM programs will aid the realisation of your projects.

• These Other ATM Links should enble you to find any other information or resources you require.

Projects

• A simple Hand-driven Scotch Mount for astrophotography.

• A more accurate motorised Double-arm Scotch Mount for astrophotography

• A 112mm f/18 Refractor for which I made the objective

• My "Bogbits and Beantin" telescope -- a 80mm f/6.3 thing I concocted from junk.

• This 4" f/5.35 Reflector was made largely by my 10-yr old son.

• Try making this remarkably simple Red Dot LED Finder.

The Astronomical Unit

This site is a member of the

Telescope Making Web Ring

Next | Previous | Random | List Sites Next 5 | Previous 5 | Join