Telescope Making Manual

How to Build a Dobsonian Telescope This is a .pdf version of the website any link on this page will start your browser and take you to that site. If you wish to print a page select the page number and print the one you want. Do not print the first three pages it will use all your black ink! http://flake/telescope/index.htm (1 of 4) [9/6/2001 11:33:04 AM] How to Build a Dobsonian Telescope This manual was created using Acrobat 4.0 you need to download the latest free reader to view this manual properly! Older readers will give you strange results. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction and Photo of Completed 'Scope "Not-too-tech advice"; Materials List; Tool List; Sources List Overview Drawing of Six-inch 'Scope with Plywood Cut Pattern Overview Drawing of Eight-inch 'Scope with Plywood Cut Pattern Overview Drawing of Ten-Inch 'Scope with Plywood Cut Pattern Section "A": Preparing the Tube, Making "Spider"; Eyepiece Tube Section "B"; "Tailgate" (Mirror Cell) Construction Section "C"; Making the Mount; Finishing Tips; Care Instructions Frequently Asked Questions http://flake/telescope/index.htm (2 of 4) [9/6/2001 11:33:04 AM] How to Build a Dobsonian Telescope E-mail: To my other WebPages: My Vanity Page My Deep-Sky Page How to Build a 13" Travel Scope Dobsonian Evolution The San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers My Fastar CCD Page Ray Cash-Le Pennec This site is a member of the Amateur Telescope Making Web Ring Previous 5 | Previous | Random | List | Next | Next 5 Visitors since March 29, 1998 http://flake/telescope/index.htm (3 of 4) [9/6/2001 11:33:04 AM] Dobsonian Telescope Plans Plans for Building a Dobsonian Telescope brought to you by: The San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers Yes, it "looks like a cannon," but the above is really a ten-inch (measured by t