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We have reclaimed optical equipment from some of our older, unusable telescopes, which has been incorporated into new portable Dobsonian telescopes. First, we built a new Dobsonian base for a broken telescope. This took several attempts before we had a smoothly functioning piece of equipment, and we learned through trial and error how to be extremely precise with our measurements. Then, we built aion process. Every aspect of the 16-telescope, affectionately named “Tiny," is significantly more challenging and demanding than what we have experienced in the previous builds. The 16-inch telescope, when completed, will rival the automated telescope in the SWOSU observatory. In addition to using it for on-campus observing sessions, we hope to use this telescope as part of Physics Club community outreach by taking it to other towns.