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Brian Barbre All Messages By This Member #4243 RAC,? It seems that I am headed down the Amature telescope making path. Has anyone in the group gotten their hands dirty with this? I’ve been reading lots of forums and blogs of other peoples projects with reflectors & refractors. My craftsman skills are mostly wood working related with some tangential metal working but I’m intrigued by the Schupmann design of scope. I think it makes sense to start with a small refractor though. I’m wondering if anyone has any experience in this area and has any advice or sage wisdom as far as things to avoid, common pitfalls, design considerations. Ideally i’d like to build scopes that can be for visual and photography which is why the Schupmann design is incredibly intriguing. I feel I should start with already purchased lenses for a short refractor and work my way into grinding my own for a Schupmann down the road. SC’s and RC’s are also tantalizing to attempt as well. I’ve been getting lost in YouTube rabbit holes on lens and mirror grinding and building testing equipment. Hope all are well and praying for some clear skies! ? BWB? -- WO GT81 20th anniversary edition SVB 50mm guide Mount, ES EXOS2 PMC8 ASI 533MC Pro/ASI 533MM Pro ASI 120 MM Mini ZWO EFW7 1.25” Pegasus Focus Cube? Stellarmate Pro 64gb, Kstars & Ekos Astro Pixel Processor, StarNet++, Affinity Photo
Myron Wasiuta All Messages By This Member #4244 开云体育 ? ? ? Brian, I have ground several 6 and 8 inch mirrors and have made multiple wooden truss tube dobsonians( 2 of which I still have and use) in the 12 and 16”apertures. These use commercial optics but have somewhat sophisticated mirror floatation cells. I have numerous books on mirror making and telescope construction I’d be happy to let you borrow. Give me a call some evening and we can talk more!? Myron 540-388-8209 toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Feb 25, 2025, at 8:39?AM, Brian Barbre via groups.io <brianwbarbre@...> wrote: ? RAC,? It seems that I am headed down the Amature telescope making path. Has anyone in the group gotten their hands dirty with this? I’ve been reading lots of forums and blogs of other peoples projects with reflectors & refractors. My craftsman skills are mostly wood working related with some tangential metal working but I’m intrigued by the Schupmann design of scope. I think it makes sense to start with a small refractor though. I’m wondering if anyone has any experience in this area and has any advice or sage wisdom as far as things to avoid, common pitfalls, design considerations. Ideally i’d like to build scopes that can be for visual and photography which is why the Schupmann design is incredibly intriguing. I feel I should start with already purchased lenses for a short refractor and work my way into grinding my own for a Schupmann down the road. SC’s and RC’s are also tantalizing to attempt as well. I’ve been getting lost in YouTube rabbit holes on lens and mirror grinding and building testing equipment. Hope all are well and praying for some clear skies! ? BWB? -- WO GT81 20th anniversary edition SVB 50mm guide Mount, ES EXOS2 PMC8 ASI 533MC Pro/ASI 533MM Pro ASI 120 MM Mini ZWO EFW7 1.25” Pegasus Focus Cube? Stellarmate Pro 64gb, Kstars & Ekos Astro Pixel Processor, StarNet++, Affinity Photo

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