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by Andy Ternay
Wed Jan 15, 2020 5:04 am
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?

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!!
by Andy Ternay
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!
by Andy Ternay
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 ...
by Andy Ternay
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...
by Andy Ternay
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!
by Andy Ternay
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 ...
by Andy Ternay
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...