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.
Link of the Month
DIY Antique Telescope Reproductionby Dick Parker* & Allen Hall
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:
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Rough Grinding in the great outdoors
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)
- Fédération des Astronomes Amateurs du Québec
- 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)
- Springfield Stars (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.
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Internet Video
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Equipment Reviews |
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Mirror Grinding
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Grinding Tools
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A Mirror-O-Matic Machine
Grinding Machines
- Bob's Large Machine
- Elgin Style Machine
- Fine Grinding a 20" by Gordon
- Grinding Machine by Juhani
- Grinding & Polishing Machine by Ted
- Grinding Machine by Tom
- Horizontal Lapping Wheel Plans
- James' Machine
- Laurie's Mirror Grinding Machine
- Machines
- Mike's Machine
- Mirror Grinder by Jim
- 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
- Older Mirror-O-Matic Homepage
- 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
- Simple Spindle for Small Lens Work
- Small Machine by Laurie
- Small Spindle by Bob
- Woodware Grinding Stand Plans
Mirror Polishing
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Pitch Laps
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Aluminizing & Coatings |
- Hazards of Silvering
- Nadine, a Vacuum Chamber by Wayne*
- Silvering by James
- Vacuum Aluminizing Chamber by Dominic
- Vacuum Chamber Video by James
Figuring & Optical Testing |
(Also see the Software Section) |
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Interferometry |
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Software & Math |
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Mac McAvoy's Wooden Mirror Cell
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 Cell by Arie
- Mirror Cells by Mark
- Mirror Cell by Fiske
- Mirror Cell by JSP
- 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
Focusers
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Spiders & Diagonal Holders
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Other Components |
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Building Techniques |
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Collimation
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Scope Drive
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Nathan Spaulding's Split Ring Mount
at the 2001 Stellafane Convention
Split Ring Mounts
- 10" Split Ring by Larry
- Detailed 12½" Split Ring
- 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
Gary Frishkorn's Binoculars
at the 2006 Stellafane Convention
Binocular Telescopes & Bino Mounts
- Bino Telescopes
- Binocular Mounts
David Groski's Schupmann*
On A Berry-Style Alt-Az Mount
Dobs and Other Alt-Az Mounts
- 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?
- 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
- 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
- Vermont Astro Society Telescope Workshop
- Weightless Oak Mount by Allen
Larry Brown's German Equatorial
Old-School Pipe Mount Beauty
Equatorial Mounts
- 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
- Mechanical Design of Telescopes by Bob
- Nylon Threaded Rod Worm Gears by Rex
- Large GEM by Charlie
- Pipe Mount GEM by Larry
- Poor Man's Paramount by Bolton Group
- Symmetrical Fork Mount by David
- Trackball Mount
- Waterpipe GEM by Arjan
- Wedge Design by Gene
- Woodware Designs Simple Plans
Equatorial Platforms (See also Commercial Equatorial Platform Suppliers) |
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Digital Setting Circles |
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Compound Optics & Catadioptrics |
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Unobstructed Telescopes
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 Jim Daley's 9" Schupmann*
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Refractors
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Optical Flats & Secondaries
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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).
Mirror Making Supplies
Optical Glass & Mirror Blanks
Finished Mirrors & Lenses
Curve Generation
Refiguring & Optical Testing
Optical Coatings
Mounts, Kits & Tripods
Secondary & Diagonal Mirrors
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Spiders
Focusers
Mirror Cells
Optical Tube Assembly Parts
Truss Tubing & Hardware
Full Tubes
Equatorial Platforms
ShroudsTesters & Accessories
Other Goodies
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Observatories
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History Lessons
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Russell W. Porter*
and Garden Telescopes
Russell Williams Porter*
- Stellafane Porter Pages
- Arctic Diary by Russell Porter*
- Arctic Sketches in Prologue Magazine
- Caltech Archives Porter Collection (Also "search")
- Case of the Stolen Sundial by Kelly
- Dartmouth College Research Library
- Drawings at Caltech
- Frobisher Bay Revisited
- Garden Telescope by Matt
- Garden Telescope Patent Application
- Garden Telescope Photo Reference
- Garden Telescope #53 by Peter
- Latitude Without Instruments
- Legacy of the Cutaway Man
- Master of Cutaway Illustration
- New Projection of the Moon (Popular Astronomy 1916)
- Palomar History
- Palomar Drawings by James Fassero
- Porter Drawings page by Bruce Weertman
- Porter Lunar Crater
- Porter Mars Crater
- Porter Museum at Hartness House
- Porter Sundial at Caltech
- Porter Sundial Drawing at American Precision Museum
- Russell Porter Biography by Berton C. Willard*
- Russell W. Porter by Oscar Marshall*
- Sabin Award from Vermont Academy
- Visit to Caroline Porter Kier* by Bert*
John Dobson*
Al Nagler*
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Delmarva Stargazers MMMs
Oregon Star Party Walk-Abouts
RTMC |
Link of the Month Archive |
Other ATM Links Pages |
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Stellafane
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 Stellafane Home of the Springfield Telescope Makers
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Hartness Turret Telescope*
at the Hartness House
Springfield, Vermont Area
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*
- Springfield Chamber of Commerce
Jay Drew*
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