Want to build a telescope? Here telescope-making experts describe projects ranging from easily built "shoestring" telescopes to more ambitious undertakings. It's a step-by-step guide through modern techniques and innovative designs.    

A Comprehensive Manual for Amateur Astronomers By Harrie G. I. Rutten and Martin A. M. van Venrooij In this new printing of a modern classic, two optical designers help you compare the visual and photographic performance of various types of telesco... [more]

By David Kriege and Richard Berry This book takes you through the process of making a state-of-the-art Dobsonian telescope using readily available materials and supplies. Every step is documented in photographs and diagrams, and the underlying conc... [more]

For 30 years the first edition of this book was considered to be the best guide to making a Newtonian reflector. This 2nd edition adds chapters on making a Cassegrain instrument

Nearly 20 years of the Maksutov Club circulars covering all aspects of telescope making have been edited down into these two volumes. Each imparts hundreds of little-known ideas and techniques.

This book, now in its 3rd edition, provides step-by-step instructions for making scopes ranging from 4 to 10 inches in aperture, including a refractor and both equatorial and alt-azimuth (Dobsonian) reflectors.    

Looking to build your own telescope? Here’s your guide. This two-volume set consists of 18 issues of The Amateur Telescope Making Journal, containing more than 130 articles of. Inside are countless suggestion for telescope construction and testin... [more]

Attention to detail and dozens of comprehensive diagrams are the highlights of the Lecleires? guide to telescope making. The book begins with a useful overview on grinding and testing mirrors. From there it painstakingly details the step-by-step method... [more]