Learning more is a praisworthy pursuit. Try these resources

• Bellingham Telescope Optics workshop Captain McBride has generously donated the remains of his 26" x 3/4" mirror blank experiment. It is being cut up into smaller blanks that will be slumped, annealed, and given to worthy mirror makers. (see Fabrication above)
• Good Books
• Internet Resources: For now, you can find many telscope making resources by going to our home page and clicking the Telescope Making Web Ring at the bottom of the page.
• Cheap or Free Software
• Professional Training
• University Extension Classes
• Industrial Espionage: Sometimes the manager of an optical fabrication will not realize your capabilities, and he will show off his operation to you. If this happens, study well how optics are made in the real world.

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