100% Do It Yourself
Equatorial table, hydraulic focusing system, stepper motor electronic controls, hydraulic drive, advice to build a telescope, and beginners corner
Al's Custom Telescope Accessories
Oak tripod, tripod accessories, leg kits, feedback, and links.
Bill's 14.5 inch Telescope Making Project
Description, photographs, rebuilding of telescope, making simple lens for reflector, and links.
Dan Bakken and Hercules
World's largest portable amateur telescope, 41.2" Newtonian reflector with pictures of the telescope and during construction.
Foucault Tester
Building a Foucault tester with a unique return mechanism, simplistic in design and very practical, enables the user to obtain highly accurate results.
How Products Are Made: Telescope
Background, raw materials, and the manufacturing process with references.
Meade 826 Reflector Telescope
Details the restoration of the equipment from the late 1970's.
Mike's Telescope Workshop
Photos and descriptions of binocular stand, several telescopes, solar camera, and links for parts.
Mirror Making and Other Activities by Laurie Hall
Mirror making, the equipment and testing equipment.
Poor Meadow Dyke Observatory
Construction details with images of Dobsonian, GEM reflector, portable Dobsonian, 20" goto scope, dome, and 20" goto Dobsonian.
Shane LaPierre's ATM Pages
20" Dobsonian, 8" versatile newt, cookbook 245 CCD, equipment, images, logs, and links.
Stellafane ATM Pages
Simple and proven techniques that most appropriate for the beginner and the novice mirror and telescope makers.
The ATM Site
Repository for resources and techniques by chronological, keyword, or author.
The ATM's Workshop
Areas covered include optics, woodworking, metalworking, electronics, programming, and telescope equipment, and tips and techniques.