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qx-3 problems addressed
mozeppa
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the stand that holds the microscope unit itself is cheesey at best...if you move your coin just a 16th of an inch you'll be out of focus and out of the units focal point (where you want to look is gone!...and now you must slide your coin around until you find the area you want to see
and then re-focus...then maybe again if your grand baby bonks her head on the table your working at.
solution !
i went to the local microscope supply house (i know ...many places don't have one....indianapolis is fortunate in that regard)
and i asked if they had a microscope stand without the "head" on it. (i was corrected post haste....it is the optics unit)
i also made it known that i'd like to get one that has a position-able stage on it (x and y adjustable stage).
in effect...you lay your coin on the stage...then by using 2 adjustment knobs you move stage and coin under the microscope head in
small but very smooth and fluid like movements.
the man at the store said "have i got a deal for you!" and showed me this one in the picture below....i made a larger stage for it...
took a hack saw and cut part of the top off...cut the cradle off the intel stand and mounted it to the professional stand.
added 2 home made lights from a toy train set....incorporated the train transformer to power them....and ther you have it!
total cost...under a hundred bucks
also pictured is how much of the plastic housing that i cutaway to get that much needed clearance for slabs.
i got the stand for 35 bucks...because the bake-a-lite calibration rings on the adjustment knobs were broke off....no matter wouldn't have used them anyway.
and then re-focus...then maybe again if your grand baby bonks her head on the table your working at.
solution !
i went to the local microscope supply house (i know ...many places don't have one....indianapolis is fortunate in that regard)
and i asked if they had a microscope stand without the "head" on it. (i was corrected post haste....it is the optics unit)
i also made it known that i'd like to get one that has a position-able stage on it (x and y adjustable stage).
in effect...you lay your coin on the stage...then by using 2 adjustment knobs you move stage and coin under the microscope head in
small but very smooth and fluid like movements.
the man at the store said "have i got a deal for you!" and showed me this one in the picture below....i made a larger stage for it...
took a hack saw and cut part of the top off...cut the cradle off the intel stand and mounted it to the professional stand.
added 2 home made lights from a toy train set....incorporated the train transformer to power them....and ther you have it!
total cost...under a hundred bucks
also pictured is how much of the plastic housing that i cutaway to get that much needed clearance for slabs.
i got the stand for 35 bucks...because the bake-a-lite calibration rings on the adjustment knobs were broke off....no matter wouldn't have used them anyway.
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