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Telescope
Making Meetings
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UPDATE
2/19/2004 Presently the classes are being held at a private
residence in North County Escondido, NOT at CSU San Marcos. This
change is indefinite. The classes are still Saturdays from 9am-12pm.
To get directions and weekly notifications of meetings being held
please sign on to the ATM
class e-mail list. Your information is NEVER handed out or used
for commercial purposes.
 Telescope
making classes, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Join together with beginners
and experienced telescope makers while we grind mirrors and discuss
every aspect of telescope design. The meetings are sponsored by
the SDAA,
but membership is not required. Bring your existing mirror project
or find out how to get started. YOU CAN START THE CLASSES ANY SATURDAY
AND JUST ABOUT ANYONE CAN DO IT!
- WHEN:
Saturdays,
9am-12pm, except for those Saturdays closest to major holidays
or other dates listed below.
- WHERE:
Private residence in Escondido, North County San Diego
Email
list: Put yourself on the email
list to make sure that you are kept notified of changed meeting
times, dates, cancellations, etc.. PLEASE NOTE: This is not a
active ATM email list; it is only for emailings on our meetings
and occassional messages and notices between class members. In
addition, all known meeting cancellations will be listed below.
Supplies:
We have the complete grit compound sequence in stock (#80, 120,
220, 320, 25mc (in lieu of #500sc), 12mc, CerOx). Grits are provided
at no cost provided you donate ($2 suggested per class meeting).
We also have mirror blanks in stock (see below for availability/details).
These are precision annealed, high quality blanks from United
Lens. Finally, we have dental plaster and ceramic tiles for making
a tool (see tutorial). The following
is the list of availability:
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8" blank is $40 + $7 for shipping
- In stock
(as of 4/30/2002): 2
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6" blank is $22.50 + $5 for shipping
- In stock
(as of 4/30/2002): 2
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10" blank is $100 + $12 for shipping
- In stock
(as of 4/30/2002): 1
- 12.5"
porthole blank is $30
- In stock
(as of 04/30/2002): 1
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Ceramic
tiles for tools (cut to fit your blank)*
- Dental plaster*
*Grit, ceramic
tiles and dental plaster are covered by class donations.
The bottomline
is that all you have to do is show up! Feel free to bring your
own supplies if you do not want to take advantage of our stock
on hand. Please review the rules
for any other supplies (like a water bucket) you might need. While
we have these supplies they are NOT
brought to every meeting. If you need something or think you're
ready to get started please email
and let Roger know so he can bring what you need.
What to
bring (bare minimum):
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Small
bucket, a little larger than the diameter of your mirror, for
cleaning off/rinsing blank
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Small
water bottle for suspending the grit into water mixture
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The
grits you'll need for the day
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Rubber
anti-skid shelve covering (found at Wal-Mart, Target, etc. for
lining shelves) or something to hold the blank in place while
its ground on
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Clean
towels recommended
NOTE:
We
have obtained permission from parking services to use the loading
dock in the staff parking lot, immediately next to the Science
Hall building, for temporary loading and unloading of our stuff.
So if you can't hike your equipment/supplies up from the parking
lots, park there and bring your stuff up to the room, and then
go back down and move your vehicle up to a real parking lot.
**Important**
Click here for meeting
rules |
The Fine
Print: A $2 donation per meeting for room rental is appreciated
(ATM instructors are exempted). There may be additional fees
requested depending on supplies requested and used. These
will be nominal (see above for a description of these fees).
Please review meeting rules
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