[Martin Reeve]

First of all thank you for all the very helpful replies from everyone. It’s very much appreciated.

I was originally thinking I would make a small, maybe 4 or 5 inch, portable Dobsonian that I can put in the back of my car and take out to darker sights for visual observing. (My partner lives near Dartmoor). But I have to say I’m very tempted by Denis’s very generous offer of 9.5 inch blanks and make a larger Dobsonian.

I spoke to Barry Watts (?) Of Beacon Hill Telescopes who David B. mentioned. His company no longer trades but he was very helpful with advice and pointed me towards Galvoptics, which Callum mentioned, for pitch, grinding pastes and coatings, etc.
Barry also said that Orion optics do coating too, along with Vacuum Coatings that David A. mentioned.

Denis. If you would like to let me know how we go about sending the blanks to me I would be very grateful.

Thank you all again for your time and help.
I will return here to update as the project progresses.

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