Russell Optics

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Russell Optics is a custom manufacturer of Precision Optics, founded in 1978 by Jack Russell. We produce extremely High Precision Optics to the world from our facility in beautiful West Rutland, Vermont. We are a complete shop able to manufacture Optics to your specifications from beginning quote to completed job with an excellent turn around time. We stock various types of Optical glass and are often able to commence work on the customers job the very day we receive the purchase order. Our Specialty is Super-Flat Optics.

Our first venture into the manufacture of Precision Optics began with Miken Optical a business begun in 1968 by friends and then partners Jack D. Russell and Robert J.Lurie it was located in Morristown, New Jersey. Move forward, if you will, to 1978 when Jack and Bob amicably dissolved their partnership and Russell Optics was founded in Woodstock, Virginia. In 1983 Jack decided to shorten his drive to the Vermont ski areas and moved Russell Optics to our present facility in beautiful, West Rutland, Vermont where we manufacture ultra precise, custom optics for the world.

We manufacture and stock a line of Optical Flats ranging in size from 1” to 14” in diameter. Material is fused quartz. They are provided in custom made Mahogany Boxes with Certification to N.I.S.T. We are happy to discuss your special requests and create those flats to your specifications whether for solid or through-hole applications. If you require up to date certification to N.I.S.T. or need to have your existing optical flats re-conditioned, depending on the evaluated condition of the optical flat, we can accommodate you.

Our philosophy of customer satisfaction coupled with high precision has made us a leader in the field. Ours is a complete shop capable of producing optics from the beginning quotations to completed job in a professional, high quality and timely manner. Our primary focus is in Super-flat optics.

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