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Title: The Dobsonian Telescope: A Practical Manual for Building Large Aperture Telescopes by David Kriege, Richard Berry ISBN: 0-943396-55-7 Publisher: Willmann-Bell Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (13 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: "The Book" if your thinking about building a telescope
Comment: Excellent, interesting, and practical treatment of how you can build a state of the art, large to "giant"(8" to 40"+ aperture!) portable telescope. Uses the right amount of thorough well written engineering theory to justify the surprisingly simple component designs, materials, and construction techniques. The authors clearly want you to succeed. If your contemplating building a telescope based on your preconceptions, forget them, and read this book. The dobsonian approach featured here is a relatively recent major breakthrough in telescope design that few in the general public are aware exists. I can't imagine a "hotter" garage project for a dad to get into with his son or daughter.

Rating: 5
Summary: Exactly what I needed!
Comment: Excellent book and a joy to read! I am currently grinding a 8" mirror and bought this book for the 8" plans which are surprisingly compact. Kriege goes into detail on how to build a truss tube Dobsonian for larger apertures and leaves the reader with no questions due to the great explanations and pictures. Other strong points include very informative and up to date discussions on materials used to build today's modern Dobsonian telescope. My only argument is the author discourages grinding your own mirror which has been a great experience for myself and I am glad I did not listen to other astronomers who have the same view as Kriege. The selling point of Kriege's "Dobsonian Telescope" for myself include the plans for a small telescope (8") plus plans for larger scopes that will fill my aperture fever needs later. Both criteria have been met and I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in building any size Dobsonian telescope.

Rating: 5
Summary: Available from Publisher
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