From: Nickhutsl{at}aol.com
To: atm{at}shore.net
Reply-To: Nickhutsl{at}aol.com



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In a message dated 1/1/2003 10:15:18 AM Central Standard Time,
ulhas{at}nagpur.dot.net.in writes:

> I was intrigued by the Mak design. Is it something that can be attempted by
> a not very expert at mirror making?
> Where can  find data on design of a Mak?

Happy New Year, Ulhas!
   "Advanced Telescope Making Techniques" by Allen MacIntosh is a
compilation
of a series of letters of a club interested in making maks. If my memory
serves, the club was formed to mass order blanks in order to bring down the
price...
   It's advanced.
   The corrector in a mak is made with two deep curves with optical centers
which must be kept on axis.  IOW, the correcting lens can't have much wedge. At all.
    I don't want to discourage you, but I would rather attempt a Lurie
Houghton, or a Cassegrain first.
Nick Hutsell

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In a message dated 1/1/2003 10:15:18 AM Central
Standard Time, ulhas{at}nagpur.dot.net.in writes:

I was intrigued by the Mak
design. Is it something that can be attempted by a not very
expert at mirror making? Where can  find data on design
of a Mak?

Happy New Year, Ulhas!
   "Advanced Telescope Making Techniques" by
Allen MacIntosh is a
compilation of a series of letters of a club interested in making maks. If
my memory serves, the club was formed to mass order blanks in order to
bring down the price...
   It's advanced.
   The corrector in a mak is made with two deep curves with optical
centers which must be kept on axis.  IOW, the correcting lens
can't have much wedge. At all.
    I don't want to discourage you, but I would
rather attempt a
Lurie Houghton, or a Cassegrain first. Nick Hutsell


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