wanted Building A Low Cost Telescope, by Eric Witcombe.
Someone was good enought to make an offer to lend me their copy of "Building A Low Cost Telescope, by Eric Witcombe." good old Australia Post has lost it so now Im after another copy to replace the missing one, has anyone a copy they would sell?
Thanks
Roger
Hi Roger,
I have the photocopied version that came with a mirror grinding kit from Astro-Optical in the early 90's. If that's what you're after, just shoot me your postal address and I'll send you a copy.
[quote=UniPol;421382]There's one on ebay at the moment
Ok thanks , Ill try the Ebay one and see how I go as I realy need to replace the lost one and get a copy for myself (thanks also Jason), if I loose out there Ill get back to one of you (and any other offers will be looked at in the mean while)
Roger
Ebay one seemed a tad expensive in the end so still looking
well Ill accept gratefully and pay postage etc and Ill keep looking for a book to replace the missing one pm details,
thanks
Roger
edit: pdf will do fine , ta
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Originally Posted by koputai
Still offering a photocopy or pdf of it if you're interested, but
I'm off on Sunday for a week so you'd have to wait until then.
I used to know Eric Whitcombe up until 20 years ago. He started Amateur Astronomers Supply Co in the early '60's. Up until then the only telescope shop was Esdale's and there certainly weren't any big reflectors for sale. They ended up manufacturing instruments up to the mighty 12.5" cassegrain, using Japanese accessories and mounts where possible and even manufacturing their own equatorial mounts for many years.
Eric's book helped a lot of people to make their own mirror in the days when it was a popular thing to do. I don't think the 1 tonne pipe equatorial mount did much for the hobby but in those days an altazimuth mount was something you got on your Japanese 60mm refractor , and it just wasn't a serious telescope if it didn't have an equatorial mount LOL.
Very enterprising man...bought up a lot of real estate in Crows Nest which was going cheap in the '60 's on the proceeds of many Japanese telescopes bought and sold when you payed 300 yen to the $. By the time he sold out Amateur Astronomers Supply Co in 1979 ( rebadged for sale as Astro Optical Supplies ) he was a wealthy man. Last I spoke to him in 1988 he had a number of homes around the world and was about to head of on a private Antarctic mission. He would have to be well into his '80 's now. I hope he is still going strong.
[QUOTE=Satchmo;454201]I used to know Eric Whitcombe up until 20 years ago. He started Amateur Astronomers Supply Co in the early '60's.
Im a big fan of good Australian stuff and I think the Newtonains made in Sydney ar as good as anything from OS at the time, should you bump into him it would be good to get him to drop in here and have a chat.
Roger
good old Australia Post has lost it so now Im after another copy to replace the missing one, has anyone a copy they would sell?
, Ill try the Ebay one and see how I go as I realy need to replace the lost one and get a copy for myself (thanks also Jason), if I loose out there Ill get back to one of you (and any other offers will be looked at in the mean while)
pm details, 
