Re: New used 'scope? newbie
From: Gordon Couger (gcougerTakeThisOut_at_couger.com)
Date: 02/23/05
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:54:12 -0600
naive wrote:
> Hi all,
> just asking opinions on what to do next with my new toy!!
>
> ..just purchased a microscope on Ebay;
> http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6154015410&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
> It seems OK. I've cleaned it up , taken a few sticky gears apart &
> cleaned them with 70% ethanol, then wiped it/them down with "vapours"
> of this "Launa oil"{..a very light & terribly expensive oil we used
> to use in copier scanner mechanisms}.
> It has a 10x eyepiece, the objectives are ; a Leitz Wetzlar A= 0.65/
> 45:1, another Leitz Wetzlar A= 0.25/10:1, and finally a Kyowa 4 /
> 0.10 .
> It doesn't have a mirror { mirror is missing} but up above where the
> mirror should be is a diaphragm / lense assembly with a moveable ( up
> /down) stage& swing out {filter holder}??
>
> I REALLY want to get into microscopy.
> Just wondering where to go now..
>
> Wants: { & wondering where to get reliable stuff}
> -a light source ( mirror? or should I get/make an incandescent or LED
> source??) Dark field illumination?? :-)
> - a 100x objective ( oil? ) ...I would like to see
> blood/sperm/spores/the dog's slimy water dish slime
> - a 60x objective
>
> I have 2 centrifuges..already built one ( Scientific American kitchen
> centrifuge..& blew up a few tubes!!), & restored an old IEC 50 ml
> monster.
>
> ..constructed a hand microtome..out of glass, steel & epoxy..
>
> Ideas? opinions? or should I just go away ..
>
> Thanks in advance :) & my apologies if I'm terribly annoying
>
Now you need light. You made a good buy on good old Leitz scope
if all the glass is good. You need to find a mirror and/or light
source.
Something like this will work without a mirror if you mount it
so stays centered under the Condenser.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=14023&item=6156753587&rd=1
This or something like it with a mirror is much better:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=48738&item=3875481187&rd=1
You can buy the AO Spencer lamps similar to this for 10 to 20
bucks most of the time.
Good luck
Gordon
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