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		Someone on Oct 6, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How do you turn a chunk of glass into a telescope ... Probably more for inspiration than for tips: Opticks by Isaac Newton. He does go into detail as to how he ground his lenses, but that advice may be a bit outdated.

fnordfnordfnord on Oct 6, 2013 | [–]

Gordon Waite's cheap DIY spherometer tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htBx5SRFeMI&feature=related

hrjet on Oct 6, 2013 | [–]

Best classical reference (yet somewhat more modern than Newton) is:

How to make a telescope by Jean Texereau

http://archive.org/details/HowToMakeATelescope

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