Making your own objective lenses

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Astroboy
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Making your own objective lenses

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Hi All,

Anyone knows where you can learn to make your own Objective lenses for refractors? I know you can buy them, but what about making your own? Classes? Cookbooks? DIY?

Cheers :)

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You can check with Kochu whom I know grinded his own mirror for his gigantic 8" DIY Dob...

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