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All designs assume minimal woodworking skills and hand tools.
Several chapters cover making and testing a newtonian primary mirror, including how to build a foucault tester, but the book stresses the mechanical aspects of building the scope and mount more than optics. Required reading if you're thinking of building your first telescope. Click here to order. There is information on all aspects of telescope design and construction, but the book concentrates more on optics. Note that this book does not cover the dobsonian mount in any detail.