Telescope Making No. 26 (Summer 1985)

The Summer 1985 issue of Telescope Making — “the magazine for, by, and about telescope makers” — features the following articles:


-“Sharing Dobsonian Technology”


-“A Dobsonian Refractor on a Pier,” by Jay Herdin


-“Pail Rings Make Good Side Bearings,” by Mike Prieske


-“Friction Control,” by Ralph Bernstein


-“Square versus Round Dobsonians,” by Ray Fabre


-“Grozibou: a French Dobsonian,” by Jean-Baptiste Cretaux


-“The Delvin-AF Advantage,” by Gordon Rayner


-“Success Story,” by Geoffrey Chester


-“Evolution of a Dobsonian,” by Steve Coe


-“An Alabama Amateur’s 20.5 Inch Telescope,” by Marshal Hofman


-“Finishing Cardboard Tubes,” by Alan French


-“Flotation Cell Design,” by Dave Chandler


-“An Alt-azimuth Mounting with Equatorial Drive,” by Martin Rochette


-“Telescope Tubes: Good But Mostly Bad,” by Robert E. Cox


-“They Hypoclycloidal Drive,” by Alb. V. Haasteren and C. Simons


Telescope Making debuted in 1978 in response to Astronomy magazine readers’ demand for more information about how to build telescopes. In the premiere issue, Editor Richard Berry explained the magazine’s mission: “We see TM as a magazine that will help people share their ideas and learn from each other. ... You, and the telescopes you build, are its subject.” Telescope Making ran quarterly until 1992.


This Telescope Making PDF includes the complete Summer 1985 issue of Telescope Making.


(64 pages, 7.6 MB)