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Originally Posted by Tropo-Bob
I visited his workshop several times as a teenager in the late 60s, but the engineering went over my head.
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Hi Bob
That must have been fascinating . Laurie has had a website but it doesn't seem to have been added to for a number of years - I trust he is still around ?
http://www.turbofast.com.au/astrotel/index.html
Yes the reflectors of Hall era , from Amateur Astronomers Supply Co. were also a boyhood dream along with the Unitron 4" refractors . An 8" F7 always seemed attainable. I bought my second grinding kit to make one but decided on an F8 as it would be for a Dobsonian .