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- Wed Jan 15, 2020 5:04 am
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: How to clean dirty pre-prepared permanent slides?
- Replies: 5
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Re: How to clean dirty pre-prepared permanent slides?
Wanted to circle back and say I went the ROR route - I was having a tough time determining if the petroleum ethers I could find were med. (medium?). The slides are now nice and clean. Now I just have to find time to actually look at them!!
- Tue Jan 14, 2020 7:06 pm
- Forum: Home-made microscope adaptations
- Topic: Open source DIY microtome plans
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5716
Re: Open source DIY microtome plans
Thank you jimur!
Yes, I was questioning the effectiveness of the one I posted for the same reasons. Thanks for confirming that was a valid worry!
Yes, I was questioning the effectiveness of the one I posted for the same reasons. Thanks for confirming that was a valid worry!
- Tue Jan 14, 2020 6:45 am
- Forum: Home-made microscope adaptations
- Topic: Open source DIY microtome plans
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5716
Open source DIY microtome plans
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49383404147_38b49e3506_o.jpg Somehow I stumbled onto this linked .pdf with plans for a simple DIY microtome using slides and epoxy. I was curious if any other users of this forum had thoughts about this method. There is no way provided to measure your cut. It is ...
- Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:02 pm
- Forum: Introduce yourself
- Topic: Mushrooms! Swords! Spears!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5050
Re: Mushrooms! Swords! Spears!
Hi Roldorf, my thought also. I have a stereo microscope from the 80's which likely has scratched eyepieces (because I cleaned them before finding this site/forum). and was gifted a Swift 380T this Christmas. I'm worried the Swift won't have the resolution for spores but goodness, what an awesome gif...
- Sat Jan 11, 2020 7:54 pm
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: How to clean dirty pre-prepared permanent slides?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2663
Re: How to clean dirty pre-prepared permanent slides?
Thank you very much!
- Fri Jan 10, 2020 6:16 pm
- Forum: Introduce yourself
- Topic: Mushrooms! Swords! Spears!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5050
Re: Mushrooms! Swords! Spears!
Thank you! Yes, it looks like a treasure trove of information! I've been following Oliver's videos!
- Fri Jan 10, 2020 6:48 am
- Forum: Beginner's corner
- Topic: How to clean dirty pre-prepared permanent slides?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2663
How to clean dirty pre-prepared permanent slides?
To start out I purchased a set of pre-prepared permanent slides from Amazon with a basic selection of plants, fungi, animal samples. I have received them and they are filthy - fingerprints, wood splinters from the box, smudges, what appear to be oily smears ... How may I clean them without damaging ...
- Fri Jan 10, 2020 6:45 am
- Forum: Introduce yourself
- Topic: Mushrooms! Swords! Spears!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5050
Mushrooms! Swords! Spears!
I am a mushroom farmer in North Texas who cultivates gourmet mushrooms from spores and cloned tissue for sale to chefs and consumers. I have learned that East Texas is considered an unexplored frontier in mushrooms - there are many undescribed species out there and many known edible and medicinal sp...