Last revised: November 25, 2007
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The following companies sell telescope making supplies, including mirror blanks, lens blanks, abrasives, polishing agents, and other helpful accessories.
257 Ormond St, Rochester, NY 14605, (716) 262-4000. Blanks, including Sitall. Visit Glass Fab
GotGrit.com, Tom Moulton, 3507 Town Avenue, New Port Richey, FL 34655 Grit, Pitch and Tile Tool Kits (Dental Stone and Pre-cut tile). The website is obviously: http://www.GotGrit.com, or email tom@gotgrit.com Check out his tutorial on how to make your own tile tools.
Hextek, Inc., P.O Box 42943, Tucson, AZ 85733, phone: (520) 623-7647, fax: (801) 720-1503 Only producers of large, lightweight blanks by the Gas Fusion method. Not sure they sell to individual ATMs. Visit Hextek or email... mvoevodsky@hextek.com
ISP Optics, 1 Bridge St., Irvington, NY, 10533. Phone 914-591-3070 fax 914-591-3715 WATS (in the US) 800-909-4207 Write sales@ispoptics.com Or visit ISP Optics Supplier of "exotic" materials, especially astrositall.
Ocean State Abrasives, Inc., P.O. Box 1864, Kingston, RI 02881 phone 336-724-1776 or 401-789-9550 Complete line of abrasives, pitch, polishes and polishing pads. Visit Ocean State Abrasives or contact, Randy Reins at reinsr@bellsouth.net .
Optical Mechanics, Inc., Iowa Headquarters: Telephone: 319-351-3960 Fax: 319-351-3943, West Coast Office: Telephone: 530-694-2221 Fax: 530-694-2221 Formerly Torus Precision Optics. This is the company that produces the mirrors for the Obsession line of telescopes. They stock mirrors from 12.5" to 25" f4, and will also re-figure any mirror you might have in this size range. Their optics also include classical and Ritchey- Chretien cassegrain sets. They also sell complete cassegrain telescopes. For a limited time they have about 200 each of 4", 6" and 8" fine annealed Pyrex blanks at a big discount Go to Optical Mechanics or email President and Chief Optician James Mulherin jcmulherin@opticalmechanics.com for more information.
1631 Monrovia Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 Tel: (949)645-1500, (800)784-2100 Supplies pyrex blanks, tapered (SCT) blanks, lens blanks, colored filter blanks, plus abrasives and pitches. Go to Newport Glass
Kevin McCarthy, 36 Forrest St., Plaistow, NH 03865 phone:603-382-7121 east coast evenings only"Fast, Perfect Pitch Laps" are promised with the pitch lap molds sold here. Visit Perfect Pitch Laps (www.pitchlaps.com) or email kevin_mccarthy@comcast.net
P.O. Box 1310, Wildomar, CA 92595, Tel: (909) 245-9636 Mirror grinding kits. Free catalog.
16785 SW Whitley WAY, Beaverton, Oregon 97006-4983, (503)-629-5475 High quality quartz mirror blanks for the ATM. As of this writing ('07) they have a great price on a 20" blank.... Visit http://www.quartzmirrors.com/ or email superior_optical@yahoo.com
5901 Gun Club Road, W-S, NC 27103, Phone 800-456-8468 or 336-766-1104, FAX 800-944-8468 or 336-766-1119. Originally the source of the ophthalmic polishing pads discussed in S&T;'s ATM column, they now sell a complete line of grits and polishing agents. Very friendly. These folks sell primarily to the eyeglass industry, but are happy to have ATMs as customers. Visit http://www.salemdist.com/Telescope.html or email Sales@SalemDist.com
Precision Optics Division, PO Box 310, 246 West College Street, Star, NC 27356 phone(910)428-1617 fax (910) 428-1616 A new source of supplies for the mirror maker. Manufacturer of the Acculap synthetic pitch, they are a source for for Fujimi PWA platelet white alumina powder and black silicon carbide grits from UK Abrasives, "an older extremely superior Cerium Oxide Slurry called Regipol 970"
Swift Glass Co., Inc., P.O. Box 879, 131 West 22nd Street Elmira, New York 14902 USA Phone 1-607-733-7166 or 1-800-53-SWIFT Fax 1-607-732-5829 Swift Glass is a supplier of optical glass and services for industry. They are said to have good prices and be easy to work with. Send them your requirements, and they'll reply with a quote quickly. Visit http://www.swiftglass.com or email Quality@SwiftGlass.com
259 Worcester St. Southbridge, MA 01550-1325, 508/765-5421 Fax: 508/765-0500 United is a major producer of optical glass for industry. A recent contact with Kenny Plouffe in sales shows willingness to deal with ATM orders. They have been reported as a source of pre-rough shaped blanks in unit quantities, and refractor objective blanks. Visit UnitedLens.com or email info@unitedlens.com
P.O. Box 35025, Richmond, VA 23235 phone 804-320-7016 catalog $1 Consistently good recommendations on the net. Pyrex blank/Pyrex tool kits, ceramic tiles for tools, plus a complete line of pitch and abrasives. Note that although W-B has a website (see the book listings, below) they don't list their ATM supplies on the website. You'll need the catalog.
A.J.'s Telescope Workshop, P.O. Box 331, Ste-Julie, Quebec J3E 1X7 Ph.: (514) 809-4532 Fax: (514) 809-0288 Supplier of black vitrified ceramic mirror blanks. Visit A.J.'s Telescope Workshop ... or email... info@ajstelescopeworkshop.ca
3350 Dufferin St., Toronto, Ont. M6a 3A4 ph 416-787-4581 Go To Eftonscience Their web site says you can get one catalog free.
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