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Many thanks for sharing the link for this course. I have signed up for it.

In a previous post (June 2023) I stated that I was going to build a wax oven using a donated mini-oven and a PID controller. Unfortunately life got in the way; until now. https://www.microbehunter.com/microscopy-forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=18550 I have completed the oven and the PID controller to go ...

A long time ago I saw a university researcher make microtome knives by whacking a piece of plate glass with a hammer. It shattered into many pieces, several of which had very thin and sharp edges. Many thanks for that. A friend who has made glass knives for Electron Microscopes tells me the best wa...

Has anyone had scussess from making glass knives from miroscope slides? If so can you share your method?
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Are you sure you're using the same glass type as described in the book?
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The book says microscope slides and have tried it with Soda glass and Borosilicate glass.

Figure 6-2, Page 78, Plant Microtechnique and Microscopy, Treven E. Ruzin shows how to create glass knives for mictotomes from ordinary microscope slides. I have attempted this with a friend and we kept getting straight breaks rather than a knife edge. Has anyone had scussess from making glass knive...

By pure chance I was taken to the German version of the LULU website and I fould the Book Better Microscopy, Volume III, Digital Photo-microscopy. Cost of Book £4.80

I have recently taken an interest in microtomy and have acquired a Cambridge rocking microtome together with some nice books on making botanical sections. cam1.jpg Thanks to a couple of friends and some cheap “fleabay” purchases I have acquired all the items I need to start to learn how to use the m...

I have a friend who has a copy of the book and took a photo of the front cover to look it up.

I tried to upload it but failed. Will post it when I work out the size requirement for photos

Whilst visiting a friend I noticed he had a copy of D Jacksons, 'Better Microscopy, Volume III, Digital Photo-microscopy' Book.

I know it was a print on demand book BUT it seems to have disappeared from LULU.

Anyone know what has happened to the book? Is it available as a PDF?

Thanks

Hi, I am a beekeeper in Yorkshire, England studying for the British Beekeepers Association Practical Microscopy exam. I am using a Brunel SP-100 Trinocular microscope and a Brunel IMXZ Stereo microscope. Both are on loan from the Yorkshire Beekeepers Association who have a couple of sets for those w...