Special Thanks:  Although this FAQ is on my web pages, almost everything here was created by Tim Poulsen.  As you can see, Tim put a lot of time into this.  All of those who read and learn from these pages are in his debt.  Thanks, Tim, for a great job! - Dan Cassaro

	ATM FAQ Home Page (you are here)
	Section 1: ATM List - Basics, Info, and Rules - Please read this entire section of the FAQ.      1.0 Introduction      1.1 ATM Mailing List Resources      1.2 List Rules      1.3 Subscribing / Unsubscribing
	Section 2 Telescope making      2.0 Telescope making      2.1 Buying versus making      2.2 Cutting circles in wood      2.3 Best paint/material for tube lining      2.4 Focuser placement      2.5 Spider construction
	Section 3 Mirror making      3.0 Grinding mirrors      3.1 Beveling the edge      3.2 Removing pitch from a tool      3.3 How to package a mirror for shipping to the coater      3.4 Testing for good contact during grinding      3.5 When to move on to the next grit      3.6 How do you tell when you're done polishing?      3.7 Standard versus enhanced coatings      3.8 Removing coatings from a mirror      3.9 A PostScript program for generating a Couder mask      3.10 Types of glass      3.11 Scratch-dig numbers      3.12 Abrasives - size and classification      3.13 Foucault and slitless testers      3.14 Wave nature of light      3.15 What's "1/4 wave" mean?
	Section 4 Supplies and vendors
	Section 5 References, information, clubs      5.0 References, information, clubs      5.1 Books      5.2 Periodicals      5.3 Online resources           5.3.1 Web sites           5.3.2 Usenet News           5.3.3 Email lists      5.4 Software sites      5.5 ATM clubs
	Section 6 Glossary of a few ATM terms
	Section 7 Pronunciation of "famous" names and terms
	Section 8 Updates, list maintenance, and miscellaneous stuff (copyrights, liability statement)

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Should you be so brave, the ATM FAQ can be obtained in PalmPilot DOC format. Of course, I'm way too wordy for it to work well in that format. But that's another story. You'll have to download each section separately. No linking or bookmarking is provided. You'll need a DOC reader. CSpotRun is a nice free one that I use.

Click on each of these links to download the appropriate section:
ATM FAQ Home Page - This page
Section 1: Basics, Info, and Rules
Section 2: Telescope making
Section 3: Mirror making
Section 4: Supplies and vendors
Section 5: References, information, clubs
Section 6: Glossary of a few ATM terms
Section 7: Pronunciation of "famous" names and terms
Section 8: Updates, list maintenance, and miscellaneous stuff (copyrights, liability statement)