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A characteristic of amateur telescope makers and other such groups is pride in utilizing mundane materials and items in their exotic creations. To make it sound properly esoteric, let’s call it “Creative Cross Utilization.” That justifies, hopefully, maintaining an inventory of mundane materials and items – in other words, junk collecting.
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Clark, R.L. (2011). Junk Collecting and Working with Modern Materials. In: Amateur Telescope Making in the Internet Age. Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6415-1_13
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