Stellafane Links Page
A large list of links to other web sites we hope you will find useful. We try to list sites that complement or augment the information on our site. The inclusion of an off-site link does not imply an endorsement of the website by the Springfield Telescope Makers, and we are not responsible for the content, accuracy, completeness, or any opinions expressed on these linked sites. Please e-mail us if you would like to suggest or correct a link.
New Links and Updated Links are highlighted in pink.
Links Page Table of Contents
Click on a topic area below to jump to the corresponding section in our extensive listing of links:
Amateur Telescope Making
Amateur Telescope Making Websites
Telescope Makers and Their Instruments
at the Stellafane Mirror Class
(October 2002 Stellafane Mirror Class)
Telescope Making
Workshops and Seminars
Links to World Wide Mirror Class Listings.
Link to the Stellafane Mirror Class.
Astronomy Conventions & Star Parties
Please drop us a note if you would like your event listed.
- The Stellafane Convention (Springfield Telescope Makers / Springfield, Vermont)
- Adirondack Astronomy Retreat with David Levy*
- Arunah Hill Days (Arunah Hill Science Center / Western Massachusetts)
- Astro Assembly (Skyscrapers / Rhode Island)
- CAFTA '09 (Quebec)
- ITV Telescope Making Convention In Germany, 2008
- Northeast Astronomy Forum (Rockland Astronomy Club / Suffern, New York)
- Portable Meter-Class Astronomy Conference
- StarConn (ASGH / Middletown, Connecticut)
See the Sky & Telescope Event Calendar or Astronomy's Community Events for additional world-wide listings.
Astronomy Clubs
This list is mainly Northeast United States clubs that we know about, and where we have many friends. Please drop us a note if you would like your club listed.
- Springfield Telescope Makers (Springfield, VT)
- Aldrich Astronomical Society (Worcester, MA)
- Amateur Astronomical Society of Rhode Island (Skyscrapers, RI)
- Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston (Boston, MA)
- Amherst Area Amateur Astronomers Association (Amherst, MA)
- Arunah Hill Nature Center (Cummington, MA)
- Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford (Hartford, CT)
- Astronomical Society of Northern New England (Kennebunk, ME)
- Astronomical Society of Southern New England (Taunton, MA)
- Delmarva Stargazers (Dover, DE)
- Federation des Astronomes Amateurs du Quebec
- Keene Amateur Astronomers (Keene, NH)
- New Hampshire Astronomical Society (Concord, NH)
- North Shore Amateur Astronomy Club (Groveland, MA)
- Randolf Center Stargazers (Randolf Center, VT)
- San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers (San Francisco, CA and World Wide)
- Skyscrapers, Inc. (North Scituate, RI)
- Southern Vermont Astronomy Group (Manchester Center, VT)
- STARS, Springfield Telescope And Reflector Society (Springfield, MA)
- Thames Amateur Astronomical Society (Mystic, CT)
- Vermont Astronomical Society (Burlington, VT)
Also see Sky & Telescope's Clubs & Organizations Directory or Astronomy's Astronomy Groups for additional world-wide listings.
List Serves and Discussion Groups
Internet Video
Note: With the explosion of ATM video on YouTube we can't always keep up with new links and recommend that you search there yourself as well. Here are some video directories, we also have videos linked throughout this page under individual topics. Please do email us with any interesting ATM video links you find.
Mirror Making
Glass Fabrication
Grinding Machines
- Bob's Large Machine
- Elgin Style Machine
- Fine Grinding a 20" by Gordon
- Grinding Machine by Juhani
- Grinding & Polishing Machine by Rainer
- Grinding & Polishing Machine by Ted
- Grinding Machine by Tom
- Grinding Machines by GAP47
- Horizontal Lapping Wheel Plans
- James' Machine
- Laurie's Mirror Grinding Machine
- Mike's Machine
- Mirror Grinder by Jim
- Mirror Grinding Machine by Armin (Video)
- Mirror O Matic
- Mirror-O-Matic by Berthold
- Mirror-O-Matic by Greg
- Mirror-O-Matic Operations Page
- Modified Near-Drapier Video
- My Mirror Grinding Machine by Tom
- Only As Good As Their Telescopes by ASME
- Pendulum Grinder by Ted
- Polishing Machine by Laurie
- Rough Grinding a 20" by Gordon
- Scott's Draper
- Scott's Grinding Machine Links Page
- Scott's Waineo
- Small Machine by Laurie
- Small Spindle by Bob
- Woodware Grinding Stand Plans
Figuring & Parabolizing Techniques
Making Other Optics
Compound Optics & Catadioptrics
Unobstructed Telescopes
Optical Testing
Interferometry
Compound Optics & Cats |
Caustic Testing |
Optical Design and Analysis Software
Optical Design Software
Fringe Analysis SoftwareMask & Zone Calculation |
Test Reduction Software
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Telescope Design Software
Tilted Component Design |
Mirror Cell Design |
Optical Tube Assembly Components
Mirror Cells
- Stellafane's Build A Mirror Cell
- 6-Point Aluminum Mirror Cell
- Alternative Cassegrain Baffle by Jim
- Aluminum Cell by Hans
- Cable Sling by Nils
- Cassegrain Cell with Baffling by Richard
- Cells for ATMs
- Center Pivot Cell by Ben
- Coulter Cell Makeover
- Design Help by John
- Flotation Cell by Ben
- Mirror Cells by Mark
- Mirror Cell by Fiske
- Mirror Cell by JSP
- Mirror Cell by P.N.
- Mirror Cell Design by Taki
- Modifying the LXD-55 Cell
- Optimized Cells on the ATM Site
- Pad Size by Tom
- Plop Mirror Cell Designer
- Redesign by Laurie
- Simple 10" Cell
- Simple Cell by Royce
- Simple Mirror Cell
- Simple Double Plate Cell by Gary
- Super Cheap Plywood Mirror Cell by SPAC
- Wooden Cell by Jack
- Wooden Mirror Cell by Mac McAvoy
Other Components
Telescope Mount Construction
Dobs and Other Alt-Az Mounts
On A Berry-Style Alt-Az Mount
- Stellafane Build a Dobsonian Pages
- Alt Az Initiative
- Alt Az Pipe Mount by Ging-Li
- Brown Mount Alt-Az
- Construction d'un Telescope Altazimutal (Francais)
- Construction of a 15" Dob by Jim
- Dobsonian Evolution
- Dobsonian Tips by Jan
- Easy Alt-Az Mod by Rod
- How Much Should Ultralights Weigh?
- How To Make A Truss Dob by Reiner
- Improved Rocker Box Pads by Andrew
- Inexpensive EL Mount by Terry
- Kid Peek 60mm by Rod
- Mechanical Design of Telescopes by Bob
- Moonsilver Series Notes by Ross
- New Bearing Laminates by Ross
- Pier Design by Dennis
- Plans For A Homemade Dobsonian Telescope
- Portable Newtonian Telescopes by Albert
- Powered Ground Board by Robert
- Simple A-Frame Tripod by Gavin
- Simple Stable Mount by Ed
- Single Pole Mount Scaling
- So Why A Truss Dob? by John
- Sturdy Tripod Plans by Berislav
- Sturdy 6" in Shropshire
- Sturdy Wood Tripod by Chauveau
- Super Alt-Az by Richard
- Telekit Construction by Stacey
- Tripod Dollie by Matt
- Truss to String Tube Conversion by Don
- Various Dobs by Armin (German)
- Vermont Astro Society Telescope Workshop
- Weightless Oak Mount by Allen
German Equatorial Mounts
Old-School Pipe Mount Beauty
- 6" Cassegrain Mount by Randy
- Construction Notes for a GEM by Chris
- Design a GEM by Jeff
- English Yoke by Bruce
- Equatorial Dob by Gizmologist
- Eye of Newt by Mack & Maggie
- GEM for 7" Refractor
- GEM by Chriske
- GEM by Dave
- GEM by Don
- Pipe Fitting GEM by Mac
- Hargreaves Strut by Shevill
- High Precision GEM by Evan
- Mechanical Design of Telescopes by Bob
- Nylon Threaded Rod Worm Gears by Rex
- Large GEM by Charlie
- Pipe Mount GEM by Larry
- Pipe Mount Links
- Poor Man's Paramount by Bolton Group
- Symmetrical Fork Mount by David
- Trackball Mount
- Transportable GEM by Brian*
- Waterpipe GEM by Arjan
- Wedge Design by Gene
- Woodware Designs Simple Plans
Equatorial Platforms
Split Ring Mounts
at the 2001 Stellafane Convention
- 10" Split Ring by Larry
- Equatorial Horseshoe by Ben
- Henry Page Bailey Article
- La Garandie (en Francaise)
- Massive Split Ring
- Mechanical Design of Telescopes by Bob
- Older Split Ring
- Pale Hale 12½ by Ben
- Split Ring Details by Moonlight
- Split Ring Pictures by Moonlight
- Split Ring by Willie in SA
Binocular Telescopes & Bino Mounts
at the 2006 Stellafane Convention
- Bino Telescopes
- Big Binoculars by Dave
- BiNewt Designer by Eric
- BiNewt Designer Source Code by Eric
- Bino Telescope Project by WVAS
- 6" Binoculars by Dave
- 8" Bino Chair Restoration by Pierre
- 10" Bino Scope by John
- 300mm Bino Scope by Bolton Group
- 13" Bino Giant by Dave
- 14" Bino by Eric
- 16" Bino Scope by Dave
- 460mm Epoxy/Fiber Bino by Jacques
- Large Newtonian Binos by Bruce
- 28" Binoscope by Joerge
- Binocular Mounts
Building Techniques
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Commercial Suppliers
The following list of suppliers is provided as a service to our readers to help them obtain parts for making telescopes. Inclusion/exclusion on this list does not imply an endorsement by the Springfield Telescope Makers of the supplier or their products. Please feel free to send us suggestions for new links (see note at end of this page).
History and People
Other Related Topics
Amateur-Made Observatories
Link of the Month Archive
Other ATM Links Pages
Springfield Telescope Makers
Stellafane Convention & STM Related Info
Springfield, Vermont Area
at the Hartness House
Links to our local area:
- Stellafane Area Lodging & Camping
- American Precision Museum
Windsor, VT
History of Precision Machine Tools - Federal Writer's Project: Springfield VT
- Gallery at the Vault
- Hartness House Inn &
Restaurant Springfield, VT
Home of our Telescope Making Museum - Miller Art Center
- The Baker Road Inn telephone: (802)886-2304, Springfield, VT*
- Chester House Inn
- Springfield Chamber of Commerce
For the convenience of our readers, we provide links to other web sites that offer additional or supplementary information to that provided on our Stellafane website. The inclusion of an off-site link does not imply an endorsement of the website by the Springfield Telescope Makers, and we are not responsible for the content, accuracy, completeness, or any opinions expressed on these linked sites. Please e-mail us if you would like to suggest or correct a link.
The Stellafane Links Page is edited by Jay Drew of the Springfield Telescope Makers.
* Member of the Springfield Telescope Makers