The following companies sell telescope making supplies, including mirror
blanks, lens blanks, abrasives, polishing agents, and other helpful accessories.
Last updated 1/17/16
US
Advanced Abrasives
Advanced Abrasives, Inc., Box 1, 1454 Main St., West Warwick, RI 02893
phone 877-488-6366(toll free) or FAX 856-488-1815(fax) The former Ocean State
Abrasives has been acquired by Advanced Abrasives Complete line of abrasives, pitch, polishes and polishing pads. They feature an Amateur Telescope Starter Kit - a deluxe kit with all the supplies you'll need for several mirrors. Visit
Ocean State Abrasives or contact Andy Seligman at
aseligman@advancedabrasives.com.
Firsthand Discovery/
Blanks, mirror kits, books.
Visit Firsthand Discovery
or email
james@firsthanddiscovery.com
Glass Fab Inc.
257 Ormond St, Rochester, NY 14605, (716) 262-4000. Blanks,
including Sitall.
Visit Glass Fab
GotGrit.com
GotGrit.com, Tom Moulton, 9617 Trumpet Vine Loop, 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
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
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.
Optic Wave Laboratories
11358 Amalgam Way, Suite A2, Gold River, CA 95670 Phone: (916) 671-5962
or Fax: (916) 671-5669 Supplier of lightweight, cellular mirror blanks.
Visit
Optic Wave Laboratories or
email
Cary@OpticWaveLabs.com .
Optical Mechanics, Inc.
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.
Go to Optical Mechanics.
Newport Glass Works, Ltd.
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
"Perfect Pitch" Laps
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_mccarthy2@verizon.net
Palomar Optical Supply
P.O. Box 1310, Wildomar, CA 92595, Tel: (909) 245-9636
Mirror grinding kits. Free catalog.
Sutton Scientifics, Inc
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
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
United Lens Co., Inc.
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
Willmann-Bell, Inc.
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.
Visit WilBell.com.
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