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Looking for somewhere that sells telescope mirrors, mirrors kits in the UK only please?

I'm in the process of investigating and fixing price up to a house built Dobsonian telescope mounted and understand now that the cost difference between making a purchase and is negligible. Despite this, a project would like to have a decent go. Is there anyone out there in the land of Yahoo know where I could buy a mirror or mirrors kits for this purpose in the United Kingdom, I have seen some ads in the U.S. for them, but I have not been able to find web sites based in the UK that sell them. Also, some advice from someone who has built a series much appreciated. I found some very comprehensive online guides to building one, but you can not beat a little human input! Any particular pitfalls to take into account? I have the intention to contact my local astronomical society at some point in this regard, but all good people warn me can be very also appreciated.

Here are some rolls in supplying the United Kingdom, grinding dust etc. http://www.atmlist.org.uk/index.php?n=Main.MirrorMaking. . . . . Http: / / fedastro.org.uk / fas / index.php? Option = com_content & task = view & id = 49 & Itemid = 68. . . . David Hinds used to make mirrors Systems Astro and others, but now does retail only. Their mirrors are excellent. I have one day his shop was in Hemel Hemstead, six miles from home. His store is located now in Tring in Hertfordshire, also not far from where I come from. http://www.dhinds.co.uk/. . . . . . Blanks large can be purchased from Orion Optics it is an excellent company in the United Kingdom. It is not the same as the U.S. company Orion announced in Sky and Telescope. Http: / / www.orionoptics.co.uk/. . . . . If you go to Astrofest in February each year, you can talk to people with high level of Orion space for the exhibition or in a purchase there, if there are any available or you can order by mail or online. An e-mail explaining your requirements would be a help to them. Its spaces are gorgeous .... really High Quality. All major suppliers in the UK are in Astrofest, and staff are kept busy all day by hundreds of visitors. Astrofest makes the finest work of packing always squeezing the whole universe in a building in Kensington High Street. It's a fantastic exhibition and a real pleasure going. Never miss it. http://www.astronomynow.com/astrofest/. . . . . Here is a Dobsonian builder, but used a mirror to David Hinds. Useful information and supply companies. Http: / / www.gm4jjj.co.uk/astronomy/dobson.html . . . . . . There are so many things to write about tips for building on it would use all of Yahoo stock of paper. There are some excellent forums, a Yahoo group and many others, all of whom have stories of the problems and joys of progress and even looking through the finished product. Here's a fun of my relationship with bowls stuck and how he helped make the mirror of a damsel in distress. Probably would have been OK in another dress, too. The link is a guy with a mirror stuck ...... boy was that a mirror stuck! Tip Tip. Keep moist mirrors when they are working and never let it great while a cup of tea or answer the phone when you've already passed the course of milling stages. separate them before they become inseparable. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question / index; _ylt = Anj7.tR2dRYz_Czhi8PFTc9JBgx.; _ylv = 3? qid = 20100131083814AAvOWiA. . . . They have a load of fun and keep up with protein and carbohydrate supplies if you are grinding for more than two hours a night ...... as the work gets hard sometimes. Fun though.

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