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

In the 3rd Millenium, on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:39:43 -0700, Kevin
Cunningham <smskjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> submitted this:

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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

Thanks Gentlemen!
I would love to, but this trivia has become an object of obsession for
my colleagues.
This is about what we tell the students to do and why.
I wish I could find more documented evidence online and otherwise to
have it for "safety".
And Swift is not the highest quality mics, I realize that. But that's
all we have at the school.
Do you know of something published or posted online?

Either my book or the Nikon (www.nikonusa.com) or Olympus web site
(www.olympusamerica.com).

(sigh) wish you could get some better 'scopes!

I agree with Kevin, I've been servicing and repairing microscopes for
28 years. After servicing, the student microscopes are checked and set
up correctly, I leave the nosepiece at the 10X position and place back
in the cupboard.
There is no reason to lower or raise the stage. Access for cleaning is
quite adequate at the working position.
If I leave the stage at the last focus position before I put the
microscope away, the next user will see an image almost immediately
they put their slide on the stage. This helps to prevent the
inexperienced user crashing the objective lens through the slide
/condenser whilst searching. Why make life difficult for the student?
Spend your time explaining the correct use and operation of the
microscope to the students.



--
Dave Ellis
Fireblade cbr900rry
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