Telescope Making Links - Supplies and Components

Where to buy the ATM stuff you will need

Wood

 

 

Apply Ply Plywood - Local distributor is Northern Jersey Reserve Supply, 2 Midland Ave., Elmwood Park, NJ 07407 Tel (201)796-3000
Birch and Maple Plywood
Columbia Forest Products - Europly and JayCore Plywood - Local Distributor is North Pacific Group, 174 Northfield Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837, Tel 800-257-8310
BB Grade Baltic Birch Plywood
Finnish Birch Plywood
Jaegers - Local source of plywood
US Mahogony - Local source of plywood

 

 

Other Supplies

 


Planet Helix (Observing Accessories)
Electroplating, Plating, Polishing and Buffing Chrome & Nickel.
Dealers Electric, Motors, Motor, Variable Speeds, Reducers, Inverters, Transformers, Gearmotors and more!
Australian Stained Glass Supplies - Glass tools, books, products, classes and tuition.
American Precision Gear Company Home Page
Power Transmission Home Page--Actuators, Gears, Bearings, Motors, Drives, Transmissions, Controls, Clutches, Brakes, Couplings, Sensors and more
Sears Parts Store
Astronomy Mall
David Chandler Company Home Page
Binocular & Telescope Shop (Australia)
Focus Camera & Video Store Homepage
Anacortes Telescope and Wild Bird
Silicone Remover by Silicones Unlimited an unmatched product for the silicone industry.
Welcome to Jack Schmidling Productions, Inc.
Stargazer Steve Telescopes
Cir-Kit Concepts Products
Welcome to ICSTARS Astronomy
Large Custom Optics and Mirrors
Sorbothane Pads
Astro Physics
Reid Tool
Rush Gear Home Page - Made-To-Order Gears
McMaster Carr

 

 

Telescope Parts

 

 

Astrosystems - Spiders, Telekits and other ATM Supplies
Protostar - Spiders, tubes and flocking materials
KineOptics HC-2 Helical Crayford Focuser
ATM parts from Obsession Telescopes
Orion Telescopes and Binoculars
MoonLite Telescope Accessories
Collimators
Kendrick Dew Heaters
Malco Precision Products - Truss Tube Clamps
University Optics - Mirror cells, mirrors, spiders
Scope Stuff - All sorts of goodies 

 

 

Teflon, Ebony Star Laminate

 

 

Ducheck Consulting - Teflon, flocking materials
Meridian Telescopes - Kydex, Teflon, Ebony Star Laminate
Teflon

 

Electronics, Motors, etc.

 

Mouser Electronics, Distributor of Electronic Components
Jameco Electronics
Goldmine Home Page
Alltronics Surplus Electronics
All Electronics Corp - Parts and Supplies/New and Surplus
Surplus Electronics MECI
Herbach and Rademan - Surplus Electro-mechanical & Scientific Equipment
BASIC STAMP Microcontrollers 
Brigar Electronics 

 

Metalworking Tools

 

Powder Coating Online
Harvey Racing Engines Web Page
Electroplating, Plating, Polishing and Buffing Chrome & Nickel.
ASAP Source (Aluminum, Steel and Plastic)
OnlineMetals - Small Quantities Specialist - Online Metal Cutting and online metal ordering
Machinist Materials: Home Page
Machinist-Materials, Direct Sales, Plastics UHMW
DJSMACHINERYSALES.COM
International Sales & Marketing Group
MetalsDepot - America's Metal Superstore! Buy Small Quantity Metals Online!
MRO Industrial Distributor of Supplies, Tools and Metals

 

Custom Machining

 

Precise Parts

 

Other Mechanical Parts

 

Rutland Tool & Supply
Lee Valley Tools
Kitchener Gear Ltd.
Torque Transmission home page
Monroe Engineering Products, Inc.
80/20, Inc. - The Industrial Erector Set
Sky Commander Digital Setting Circles
Fibre Glast Developments Corp. - Fiberglass,Carbon Fiber
Welcome to the Aircraft Spruce Web Site!
Tower Hobbies - The World's Premier Supplier of Radio Control Models
Welcome to the Boca Bearing Company

 

Surplus Stuff

 

Anchor Optical Surplus
BSC Optics
American Science & Surplus
Surplus Shack

 

Tubes

 

 

Magnum - AIRFRAME TUBING
Yazoo Mills, paper tubes and cores
Hastings Telescope Page
Fiberglass Tube
How to Make a Composite Tube
Ait Wood Plywood Tubes
Carbon Fiber Tubes

 

 

Books and Publications

 

Welcome to Willmann-Bell, Inc.
Amateur Astronomy Magazine
Sky and Telescope Magazine -- Home Page
ASTRONOMY Magazine

 

Glass

 

Northern Lights Optics
HOYA GROUP JAPAN
Newport Glass Works
Glass Fab
Ohara Main Page
Schott Glass

 

Grinding Supplies

Got Grit
Salem Distributing
Ortho Cast, Inc. - Orthodontic Study Models Dental Supplies Laboratory Equipment
Darby Dental Supply
 

Optical Coatings

 

Majestic Optical Coatings
Spectrum Coatings
Clausing Coatings

 

Optics

 

Lightholder Optics Premium Newtonian Mirrors
Telescope Engineering Company
Pegasus Optics Home Page
Swayze Optical Home Page
Composite Optics, Inc.
ISP Optics
Jaegers Optics
Surplus Shed - Lots of inexpensive optics and electronics
Ceravolo Optical Systems
Discovery Telescopes - Good, moderately priced mirrors for Newtonians
E-Scopes (aka Coulter Optical) - Newtonian mirrors and kits

 

Brass Plaques

 

Stanley London brass plaques