[ATMoB-discuss] Making a Dob vs buying a

[mmotta at massmed.org]

Paul Valleli has a lightbridge.
Yes, they are inexpensive, but.... building your own
will give you an appreciation and intimacy to the hobby
you can never otherwise aquire. You can build a very
high quality Dob, club will help you, so.. I strongly
advise you plan on building and grinding.

Mario Motta

On Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:52:01 -0400, "Dave" wrote:

> 
> 
>  Has anyone broken down the cost of building a Dob
from
> scratch?   On one 
> hand I'd love to grind my own mirror, and make a truss
> type dob, but looking 
> at the price point of the new Meade 10" lightbridge
> scopes, I'm not sure 
> even if I had the skill to grind a 10" mirror, that I
> could make a scope, 
> much if any cheeper than Mead is selling them for.
> 
> Also if there is anyone in the club that owns a
> Lightbridge scope, and 
> brings it to the club house file, I would very much
> like to view through it, 
> to see it it meets the hype over these new scopes.
> 
> Any comments are welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave Simonich
> 
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