10″ Telescope Making Design Plans

It is easy to
understand, with original 3D model files that you can open and spin on
your
computer, as well as clear animation of each step of the way!

This would be a
great prequel before you purchase any book on telescope design,
including Richard Berry’s Build
Your Own Telescope or Miller and Wilson’s’ Making and Enjoying
Telescopes!

Specifically, this
E-book contains:

• Understanding
  basic telescope terms
• Using binoculars to view the night sky,
  with a Messier object checklist and printable star charts.
• Instructions and
  animation for building 6″, 8″, and 10″ Dobsonian/Newtonian telescopes
• An adaptation to
  make the Basic Dobsonian into an Equatorial Mount.
  
• Instructions on
  building and using an extremely effective and inexpensive laser
  collimator with help on collimating the collimator.
• Several
  truss tube designs for a 10″ F/5, 12.5″ F/4.5, 14.5″ F/4.5, 16″
  F4.5, 20″ F4.5, 22″ F/4, and 26″ F/4. 3D models and drawings are
  included for
  all these designs.
  
• A design for a
  digital camera or small 35 mm camera adapter for your telescope
• A Double-Arm Barn
  Door Camera mount design to allow you to use your camera to manually
  track the
  stars for long exposures of up to 1 hour of clusters and nebulas and
  other astronomical features.
  
• Optical alignment
  of the telescope with other inexpensive tools
• Care of your
  telescope
• Understanding the
  Weather
  
• Understanding
  your global location
• The Moon and its’
  phases
• The Planets
  
• Meteor showers
• What to do on
  your first time out with the telescope
• Utilities to view
  the models, PDF’s, and animation.
  
• And lots of other
  great tips, web links, and reference material including full set of 3D
  models of
  the telescopes used in the documentation and 17+ animations done by
  myself. 3D models are also viewable via self contained
  executable files (using e-Drawings).

The designs are in
HTML with
animation and printable versions in PDF format. Click here for
a sample of the building the mirror cell in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
The HTML itself was
designed to be printed from Internet Explorer 6. The original 3D
models can be opened and spun for all the designs, including as self
viewing .exe files. The telescope
was drawn up in
Pro/Engineer
with solid engineering techniques for building a high quality
instrument.
It includes an itemized purchase list for all the hardware
needed. It also has
an inexpensive laser collimator design (built for less then $10 with a
key chain laser) and a digital camera adapter.
In all, a full CD of 600 Mb of
information! If you find yourself buying a telescope
mirror or kit,
do not miss out on this opportunity.

This CD also has
all the utilities, shareware
and freeware astronomy software. It is a must for someone with
dial-up
internet service. It includes the viewers, readers, media
player 9 as well as Internet Explorer 6 upgrade (if you need it) for
Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000, and XP.

The beautiful star
gazing software on this CD
lets
you be more familiar with the sky, even if you only have
binoculars!
Another piece of software allows you to bounce around the solar system
utilizing a high end graphics card.

Frequently Asked
Questions:

• How hard is it to
  build
  and understand?

This
design is based of
the basic design of John Dobson/Ray
Cash.
I have slightly re-engineered plans to accommodate an actual purchased
focuser, an
easy precision spider and a professionally designed mirror cell with
wing
nuts for collimating. The instructions for the wooden stand are
identical
to the original plans by John Dobson for a 6″, 8″ or 10″
telescope. The truss tube is a basic design with instructions on
how to calculate everything for your mirror and focal ratio.