Re: New AP scope and more

From: Alan French (adfrenchremoveallthis_at_nycap.rr.com)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 22:54:27 GMT

"RichA" <none@none.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 13:44:26 GMT, "Alan French"
> <adfrenchremoveallthis@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >I think making an APO lens similar to the ones offered by AP, TEC, and
TMB
> >might be extremely difficult for most amateurs. Just obtaining the glass
> >would be difficult, and it is still expensive. Mistakes and getting bad
> >glass would be very costly. I am sure some folks could still do it, but
I
> >don't think it is an option for most folks.
>
> It's a waste of time. You'd need the glass, the testing equipment,
> and the skill. Might as well just get that bank loan and buy
> the things premade.

Rich,

There are folks who enjoy that sort of thing. What's a waste of time for
you, or some other person, is enjoyable to other folks. Someone might even
learn something by undertaking such a project, or go on to become the
supplier of Schupmann's for the amateur.

I'm glad a gentleman named Roland Christen decided he had to make his own
scope so he could get a telescope with better photographic abilities. Look
what that lead to. I think you may find that a lot of folks making optics
and telescopes for us amateurs started out as amateurs - amateurs who
weren't content to sit on their duff and let someone else make equipment.
Do you remember David Kreige's articles in Telescope Making about making Big
Dobs? What did that lead to?

Clear skies, Alan

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