Re: Anatomy Microscope: UP or DOWN? help please!

On Sep 30, 3:01 am, justbeats <steve_be...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 30 Sep, 06:24, aleco <aleco_c...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



On Sep 29, 11:29 pm, "mc" <l...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Why does it matter what position the stages are in when the microscopes are
stored?

The only reason I can think of would be that if you have everything
collapsed together more tightly, it reduces (slightly) the risk of damage
from bumping the microscope or grabbing it in the wrong place to carry it.

If that's it, the question can be answered by taking a good look at the
microscope.

MC, my point exactly. The reason why they think that they have to set
the stage DOWN before placing it on a shelf, is that the chances of
scratching an objective lens are reduced when the next forgetful
student tries shoving a slide between the stage and the lens. The
working space is increased when the stage is set DOWN.

Others think that the stage is supposed to be UP so that it would be
easier for the next student to focus on the slide from this position.

I am more inclined towards the "safety of the lens". Dumb subject?
Yes. Interestingly, there is a huge controversy on it in the
literature.

As for the microscopes, the school just bought a huge number of light
cordless ones from Swift corp., brand new.
I would like to know the best way...

Thanks!

Is it beneficial to the mechanism to be taken to it's limits of travel
now and again (as opposed to being constantly used within a narrow
range)? I wonder if this would keep lubrication more evenly spread -
if that's a benefit at all.

There is absolutely no reason to either raise or lower the stage.
This is particularly true of a junk microscope like a Swift. Believe
me, raising of lowering the stage neither helps any microscope or any
user and has nothing to do with the lubrication.

Look, with Swift microscopes you should be thrilled every time a user
sees anything. They aren't made by Swift, they may have the same
model number but be made by different makers and their is no reason
but price for every design.

Now you are doing the right thing by asking, your doing a good thing
but your spending to much time on the trivial. Spend more time on
cleaning the front of the 40X and finding gurus to keep the things
running.

Thanks,

Kevin Cunningham
SMS

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