Woodware Designs is happy to host this Web page providing free plans for building home-made amateur astronomy equipment. Sky & Telescope magazine regularly features beautiful and well crafted telescopes, binocular stands, camera tracks, and many other home-build pieces of equipment and is our inspiration. Anyone who designs and builds such equipment may place the plans here so that other members of the amateur astronomy community may easily pick them up for free.

Would you like to add the plans for something you have made?

Quick Index

• Chuck Hards Woodshop Telescope, a beautiful Dobson mount -- Freebie
  
• Solar Forge -- Build an enormous light bucket
  
• Back to Luna -- Help me write a paper on going back to the moon
  

• We can add your project here!
  
• Simple Equatorial Telescope Mount, simple, easy to make -- Freebie
  
• Home Observatory Sign -- made by us at cost to you
  
• Mirror Grinding Stand to hold glass blank and tool -- Freebie
  

• Design Lesson, using CAD software for the Web
  
• Stand-Up Computer Desk, small desk -- Freebie
• Typing Stand Computer Desk, small desk -- Freebie
• Look Down Computer Desk, compact desk -- Freebie
• Switched Power Outlet, one switch does it all -- Freebie
• Cable Handling, don't trip over them in the dark
  
• Woodworker's Bench, simple and solid -- Freebie
• Work Table, inexpensive and handy -- Freebie
  

  Our book

  It is not on astronomy, buy you'll never guess what it is on.

If you have trouble with the drawings, simply send in this little freebie form.

Feature: Guest Telescopes




• Chuck Hards Woodshop Telescope -- Freebie

  This telescope was feature in the March '99 issue of Sky & Telescope.

  
  
  

• Your project plans here!

  Would you like to see your project plans here?

  Enormous Light Bucket

  
  
  
• Solar Forge for demonstrating the power of the sun

  Here's a enromous light collector you can build on the cheap.

  Making Telescopes:

  
  
  
• Simple Equatorial Telescope Mount -- Freebie

  Here's a simple mount you can make in one weekend.

  
  

• Mirror Grinding Stand -- Freebie

  Here's a good stand for hand grinding telescope mirrors.

  
  

  New Book

  I have a new book out. It is my advice to young people entering science and technology in the post-9/11 world. It features practical advice on disempowering terrorism.

  Free Sign Offer:

  
  

• Home Observatory Sign -- At Cost

  Would you like a sign for your home observatory just like you see in "Sky and Tel"?

  Going back to Luna

• Writing an Article

  I am writing an article on our return to Luna for ameature astronomers. It will features the prefered landing sites, how to locate them, and why they were choosen. I need a coauthor. If your are interested please drop me an e-mail

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