Welcome to Firsthand Discovery! We are suppliers of amateur telescope makers worldwide. On our website you will find a number of telescope mirror making kits. All of our blanks, abrasives, polish, pitch and etc are available individually as well. If you are looking for information on amateur telescope making or astronomy, check out our ...
Astronomical (mirror blanks, kits, grinding & polishing material, finished components, supplies) Bent or Slumped Glass ( for instrumentation, fixtures, helicopter light covers, camera windows, telescope mirrors, infrared mirrors, etc.) Chemically Strengthened Glass. Colored Optical Filter Glass (by manufacturers)
Making a telescope is fun, and it's amazing to think that with your own hands you can make a telescope that rivals any (and surpasses most!) telescope optics on the commercial market today. We'd like to help you follow in the path forged by Isaac Newton and make your own powerful reflecting telescope mirror. Please visit our new …
As Howard's book describes the grinding and polishing of an 8 inch f7 mirror, another trip to Brunnings was necessary to purchase a mirror-making kit. After a while, I managed to rough grind the mirror to f7, but like you, other time-consuming activities came along which left little time to complete it, so the project was put on the back burner.
Grinding kit suppliers in Europe? - posted in ATM, Optics and DIY Forum: Hi, can anyone please recommend me a good supplier of mirror grinding kits in Europe? I already have the mirror blanks, but Im stucked with buying the abrasives and other stuff. I need to find a supplier with a webshop who can send things abroad and accepts credit …
Reflection: 93%. Focal ratio f/4.5 and slower. PRICE: 4370 EUR. Focal ratio faster then f/4.5. PRICE: 4810 EUR. *excl.Shipping costs. Contact us for prices of any diameters which is not listed here or for thicker mirrors. Here you can see the independent test results of two of our telescope mirrors.
Joined: 03 Jul 2014. Posted 16 July 2014 - 06:31 PM. I purchased my 8" mirror making kit from Newport Glass and it included a Pyrex blank, a plate glass tool, all the grits needed from silicon carbide #80 grit for rough grinding through cerium oxide for polishing and figuring. The kit also contains enough pitch to make two pitch laps if you …
Obtain the right glass. Choose solid grinding tools. Choose the best position to work on mirrors by hand. Grind the back flat. Try and prevent astigmatism. After having the ground and face of the mirror flat through the 220, you are good to begin rough grinding the curve into the mirror. Do some fine grinding.
TELESCOPE MIRRORS, BLANKS, TOOLS, TESTERS, GRINDING MATERIALS, POLISHING MATERIALS, ALUMINISING, MIRROR BOX, RONCHI, LASER, FOUCAULT, ... " " $4AUD 500 " " $6AUD 1000 " " $8AUD 1600 " " $8AUD Cerium Oxide " $8AUD Lap resin kit " $15AUD SECONDARY/DIAGONAL MIRRORS Secondary Mirrors …
Read Jean Texereau, How to Make a Telescope, even if you do find a good mentor to work with. It's a classic, very well written and the methods he describes are still spot on, in year 2020. I would recommend NOT starting with a thin mirror, a really big mirror, or a really fast mirror. An 8 inch f/6 or even 6 inch f/8 is a great starting point.