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Mike's Telescope Workshop -- Photos & descriptions of binocular stand, many telescopes, solar camera, & links for parts. Visit

ATM Letters -- Electronic based Journal with current issue, past issues, and archives. Visit

Digital Setting Circle Installation on Celestron C8 Fork Mount -- Shows installation of electronics & mounting of the shaft encoders to both axis of the telescope, includes photographs & drawings.. Visit

100% Do It Yourself -- Equatorial table, hydraulic focusing system, stepper motor electronic controls, hydraulic drive, advice to build a telescope, and beginners corner. Visit

Mirror Making & Other Activities by Laurie Hall -- Mirror making, the equipment & testing equipment. Visit

Meade 826 Reflector Telescope -- Details the restoration of the equipment from the late 1970's. Visit

Dan Bakken & Hercules -- World's largest portable amateur telescope, 41.2' Newtonian reflector with pictures of the telescope & during construction. Visit

Mike Lindner's Telescope Making -- Links to completed telescopes & free mirror testing software. Visit

Amateur Telescope Makers (ATM) Archives -- To disseminate knowledge, experiences, ideas, and resources. Visit

Donkey's & Fat Boy's Telescope Page -- Materials, decisions, rough & fine grinding, & polishing to make a 8' mirror. Visit

A Photovisual Maksutov Cassegrain Telescope -- Information acquired during design & construction of a 7.5' aperture F8. Visit

Stellafane ATM Pages -- Simple & proven techniques that most appropriate for the beginner & the novice mirror & telescope makers. Visit

Making & Motorizing of Telescope -- Construction of small newtonian & Mel Bartels system for computer control. Visit

Telescope Making 1997 - 2000 -- Personal log of making a ten inch Newtonian telescope & mirror, including pictures. Visit

Astral Weeks -- Construction of reflector, refractor, & mini solar cam with images, and astro images. Visit

Weird Telescopes -- Features many completely unique solutions for telescope issues with images. Visit

The ATM Site -- Repository for resources & techniques by chronological, keyword, or author. Visit

Shane LaPierre's ATM Pages -- 20' Dobsonian, 8' versatile newt, cookbook 245 CCD, equipment, images, logs, and links. Visit

San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers - Building Telescopes -- Plans & how-tos for building a Dobsonian telescope, solar filter, & mirror-making techniques. Visit

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