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Tips on making wooden tubes for reflecting telescopes.
SKY & TELESCOPE Apr 1981 (v.61#4) pg. 360

Tip: Restore an old reflecting telescope tube by covering it with a star-chart poster and clear acrylic enamel.
SKY & TELESCOPE Jun 1982 (v.63#6) pg. 625

A Masonite tube for a large (17.5") Dobsonian telescope. Also includes ideas for a unique viewfinder, folding step stool, and an eyepiece turret which holds three oculars.
SKY & TELESCOPE Oct 1986 (v.72#4) pg. 407

How to make the inside of a telescope tube truly black with extremely small reflectivity for glancing light.
SKY & TELESCOPE Nov 1987 (v.74#5) pg. 548

Tip: Finish a cardboard Sonotube by covering it with "Ultracoat", a dry polymer film intended for covering model aircraft.
SKY & TELESCOPE May 1988 (v.75#5) pg. 548

The design of telescope structures. Structural analysis of the loads on a telescope framework and mounting. Part 1.
SKY & TELESCOPE Jan 1989 (v.77#1) pg. 97

The design of telescope structures. Part 2.
SKY & TELESCOPE Feb 1989 (v.77#2) pg. 210

Tip on covering a Sonotube with the thin painted-metal cover from a discarded hot water heater to form a good looking telescope tube.
SKY & TELESCOPE Nov 1990 (v.80#5) pg. 557

Making a strip-planked (wooden) telescope tube.
SKY & TELESCOPE Nov 1991 (v.82#5) pg. 539

Adventures in tubing. (1) Lengthen a tube by fabricating an extension from Masonite. (2) Gluing sawdust to the inside of a tube to act as baffles. (3) Adding lead counterweights to the inside of the tube. (4) Using a fan to dissipate image-smearing tube currents of warm air.
SKY & TELESCOPE Dec 1992 (v.84#6) pg. 696

Description of a Dobsonian 10" f/6 reflector includes construction details for the 12-sided plywood telescope tube.
SKY & TELESCOPE Aug 1993 (v.86#2) pg. 82

Calculating the expected flexure of the Serrurier truss used in open-frame telescope tubes.
SKY & TELESCOPE Feb 1994 (v.87#2) pg. 91

Telescope equatorial mount, tube, focus mechanism and mirror cell built by a woodworker using a minimum of metal parts.
SKY & TELESCOPE May 1994 (v.87#5) pg. 92

Device for painting the inside of a telescope tube using a can of spray paint.
SKY & TELESCOPE Jun 1996 (v.91#6) pg. 78

A 10" portable open tube Newtonian. The tube is built from wood. A wall-mounted "alignment lathe" made it easier to fabricate an accurate tube.
TELESCOPE MAKING #3 Spring 1979 pg. 10

Tip: How to remove the wax from "Sonotube" in order to prepare it for painting when used as telescope tube.
TELESCOPE MAKING #12 Summer 1981 pg. 3

Lightweight Dobsonian telescope tube is made from "Gatorfoam" laminated foam panels. The weight and size is ideal for a child to use, even with an 8" mirror.
TELESCOPE MAKING #13 Fall 1981 pg. 5

Wooden tubes for telescopes. Circular rib framework is covered with thin plywood.
TELESCOPE MAKING #21 Winter 1983 pg. 20

Advantages of a square (box-type) tube for a Dobsonian telescope.
TELESCOPE MAKING #26 Summer 1985 pg. 6

How to finish spiral wound cardboard tubes ("Sonotube") for use as a telescope tube.
TELESCOPE MAKING #26 Summer 1985 pg. 22

Telescope tubes. The importance of good tube design and construction on the image quality of reflecting telescopes.
TELESCOPE MAKING #26 Summer 1985 pg. 40

Tip on removing wax from a Sonotube that will be used as a telescope tube.
TELESCOPE MAKING #32 Spring 1988 pg. 39

Constructing telescope tubes from graphite, fiberglass and styrofoam laminated around a cardboard tube (mold) which is later removed.
TELESCOPE MAKING #42 Fall 1990 pg. 8

Building a 14.5" f/6 yoke-mounted reflector for a hinged-roof observatory. Includes construction information for the 16" x 8-ft tube, yoke mounting, piers, and observatory.
TELESCOPE MAKING #42 Fall 1990 pg. 16

A split-ring 12.5" f/6 Newtonian for 9-degrees latitude. Drawings illustrate the construction of the wooden equatorial mounting, open tube and clock drive assembly.
TELESCOPE MAKING #43 Winter 1990-91 pg. 12

Building a rotating tube Dobsonian using computer-assisted design (CAD) and advanced woodworking methods. This 16.5"-diameter open-tube design allows the eyepiece to be positioned anywhere around the circumference for most comfortable viewing.
TELESCOPE MAKING #45 Summer 1991 pg. 10

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