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It's really hard for me to say because I have a couple of each. I really like my Swift Stellar 1 with Plan Infinity objectives. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0392/7890/3427/products/DSC01924_1024x1024.jpg?v=1627526615 https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0392/7890/3427/products/DSC01853_3291cb79-97...

That's a neat video. I like the music, what is it?

apochronaut wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:41 am

He's been dead only a few months and people are already exhuming Charlie Watts' grave.

That's totally awesome. I copied that article to a word file and saved it as a pdf.

There's always Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=loupes&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

I bought an AmScope, liked it and bought another AmScope. They are good quality scopes.

I would go with the Omax, but that's my personal choice. Both are good scopes.

Hey there 75RR. Thank you for your reply. I figured that's what it would be, just one is needed. I ordered an eyepiece with a reticle already in it from AmScope. It looks like the exact same eyepieces that's on my Omano. So if I need to measure something all I have to do is remove one of the eyepiec...

When using a binocular microscope, I assume you only use one eyepiece with a reticle.

I didn't see any microscope.

I watched the video and I will say there are some giants in there.
I also liked the music you put with it.

From my experience, which ain't a lot, but enough to comment here, those objectives should fit the turret of your Swift with no problem. Most objectives will interchange with different microscopes. I had that same concern so what I did was buy one objective, (20X) to try it and it fit like it was ma...

Awesome pictures!

Thank you Oliver for doing a great job with this forum. I never did let the "this site is not secure" notice discourage me from using this forum. I also enjoy your videos and I have saved many of them as MP4's in a notebook.

I think what I will do is make a ringing table. I'll get me a small lazy susan, go on Amazon and get a set of slide clips and make a table.

If I was doing this on a large scale, I would invest in a Lee Melting Pot with a bottom pour that's used for melting lead for molding bullets and dedicate it to melting paraffin wax for embedding specimens for my microtome.

An AR-15 lower?

If the optics are the same, then I will buy the silver ones. If the microscope I'm going to put it on already has black objectives, then I'll buy the black ones.

MicroBob wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:34 pm

Brunel in England sells them.

Do they sell them to America?

I'm looking for a ringing table. I don't know why, but I want one.

I bought this for my Swift 380.
https://www.amazon.com/C-Scientific-Car ... 355&sr=8-3

I haven't used one like it, but a coffee warmer will melt paraffin so I imagine this would as well. The problem will be in controlling the temp. I'll put some in one of those paper cups that you use with the wax and see if it melts. If it does, I'll try pouring it into the specimen holder and micro...

Do these electric wax warmers get hot enough to melt paraffin wax for specimens for use with microtomes?

I found and ordered a bottle of Acrytol Mounting Media from EMS.

http://www.emsdiasum.com/microscopy/pro ... media.aspx

Thanks to all who helped me with this.

mrsonchus wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 04, 2021 7:15 am

Microworld Steve wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 04, 2021 6:14 am

That's good for the UK, but where can I find it in the US?
It looks like some good medium and I'd like to get some.

Hi Steve, they're U.S. made - a search will likely find them over your way.

Thank you mrsonchus. I searched and I found.

TonyT wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 04, 2021 4:13 pm

EMS sells Histomount and a zillion other mountants:
http://www.emsdiasum.com/microscopy/pro ... media.aspx

Thank you TonyT. I'll check them out and maybe order from them.

That's good for the UK, but where can I find it in the US?
It looks like some good medium and I'd like to get some.

I ordered a set of masks from ebay, and it's on the way. I'll use them with my Omano OM 159. I also have a couple of Amscopes, Omax, Celestron, and a couple of Swifts. One of the Swift is an older one, and that's the one that got me started. I bought it used back in the middle 1980's from a local mi...

Thank you for the link. I'll have to measure my filters so I can get the proper darkfield masks.
As far as the Plans go, I'll order them like you did, one or two at a time.