Telescope Making

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This is my father's garage where he is currently working on his telescope hobby.

The glass casting oven is a oven made from scratch where it is able to make up to a 20' mirror blank.

Diamond Curve Generating Machine/Mirror grinding & polishing- Own personal design/invention, uses a roller coaster, where the diamond grinder rides the curve track. Able to do any curve of radius(negative or positive) because of the spring steel track design. Able to grind/polish up to a 32' mirror.

40' Vacuum Tank. The mirror sits vertical, attaching itself to the door with an aluminum ring. Vaporization process is horizontal.

Our Goal;
Seeing amateur astronomy going to a larger level & to promote larger telescope making in amateur astronomers

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Hubach88@gmail.com

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[xFrogsharkx]

Yes, I've used prisms before instead of a secondary mirror, I prefer the secondary mirror though.

[genesisharmonicas]

Have you entertained the thought of large honeycombed mirrors?

[guifercon]

Great!!!

Where are the latest updates? How many finished telescopes?

Do you sell this giant mirrors?

[sublidieminal]

Hey! This video has been a random run in while searching

"crafting glass art" and I just wanted to know how that turbo molecular pump is looking? Sounds pretty interesting being from new mexico.

[rktman1965]

so whats the vacuum chamber used for in making telescope mirrors? i dont get that part

[datzfast]

im here because my daughter wants a telescope, you and i have alot in common,

that is nothing is impossible.

[darkdyaz2]

I have a question.Instead of using flat secondary mirror can I use a prism? i mean for newtonian scopes

[torcuillt]

That's a really nice selection of kit, you could also vacuum carbon fibre and bake it for maximum strength. With cf tubes think what you could have with a 32" mirror. Nice.

[humagarf]

surreal ! god bless all of you there bravo

[jamieball]

that would be awesome to build a telescope completely from scratch..