From: Michael Lindner 
To: Stuart Lamble 
Cc: atm{at}shore.net
Reply-To: Michael Lindner 


On Friday 13 June 2003 09:41 am, hermit wrote:
> Stuart Lamble wrote:.
> > HOW do I start grinding lenses?
>
> Throw grit on the glass and start pushing a tool across it.

Welcome, Stuart,

Ken's right, but there is a little more to it than that. For  afirst time
project, you might want to consider something less challenging than a lens,
like a newtonian telescope mirror. Some good books about grinding glass
include:

"How to Mkae a Telescope" by Jean Texereau "Making Your Own
telescope" by Allyn Thompson "Procedures in Experimental
Physics", edited by John Strong

Some web resources (other than the one Ken mentioned) include:

http://www.stellafane.com/atm/atm_main.htm
http://www.starastronomy.org/TelescopeMaking/Links/index.html

Clear skies.
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Michael Lindner
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