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My first telescope when I was 14 in 1971, was a 8" Newtonian kit from Astro-optical supplies. I got the tube made locally and had to drill the holes for the mirror mounts and rack and pinion focuser.
Now don't laugh; as at first I mounted the 8" mirror in its cell with the aluminized surface underneath resting on the cell. As all the mirrors I had seen had their reflective surfaces on the back and not on the front. After a phone call to Astro Optical as I could not get focus; they informed that, that was a first.
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