The Amateur Telescope Makers Email List -- FAQ, managing a subscription, & archives. Visit

An Amateur Telescope Maker's Projects -- Articles on various telescope designs. Visit

Computer Operated Telescopes -- Features plans & designs for stepper or servo motor layouts as well as features, free software, how-to information, & links. Visit

Bill's 14.5 Inch Telescope Making Project -- Description, photographs, rebuilding of telescope, making simple lens for reflector, & links. Visit

I & My Telescope -- Amateur telescope making, mirror grinding. Visit

The Octagonal Observatory -- Documents design & building of an observatory for NexStar11 GPS telescope with images. Visit

Astro Designs -- Accessory designs & information to enhance the use of Meade LX200s, Dobsonian reflectors, and other telescopes plus star charts for computerized telescopes. Visit

Got Grit? -- Telescope mirror making supplies & tutorials. Visit

Astronomy & Telescope Making -- List of projects, mirror testing, do it yourself projects, CCD imaging & techniques, and Messier observations. Visit

Poor Meadow Dyke Observatory -- Construction details with images of Dobsonian, GEM reflector, portable Dobsonian, 20' goto scope, dome, and 20' goto Dobsonian. Visit

The ATM's Workshop -- Areas covered include optics, woodworking, metalworking, electronics, programming, & telescope equipment, and tips & techniques. Visit

Scope Making -- Plans & instructions for building a Dobsonian, refractor, wooden tripod, eyepieces & other accessories. Visit

The Construction - Littlebear Observatory -- Information & photos on the construction of the observatory. Visit

Jim Richberg's Mostly Astronomy Web Site -- Projects, solar observing, collimation tools, observing tips, gallery, & links. Visit

Dave's ATM Page -- Information to add altitude-azimuth controller & unipolar stepper motor controller to a telescope, and directions with drawings & images of individual parts for a ten inch scope. Visit

Foucault Tester -- Building a tester with a completely unique return mechanism, simplistic in design & very practical, enables the user to obtain highly accurate results. Visit

ATM - Amateur Telescope Making -- Information on telescope building, equatorial platform, scotch mount, and binocular mount, and information how to let a Dobsonian telescope move smoothly. Visit

How Products Are Made: Telescope -- Background, raw materials, and the manufacturing process with references. Visit