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I have made a dimmer with just a mosfet transistor, a variable resistor, capacitor to prevent self oscillation and a fixed resistor, the mosfet conected in series to a led. You can solder it in the air leg to leg and wrap it in insulating tape while keeping stable. Evidently it is totally flicker fr...

I'm totally unskilled mounting permanent slides but i'd wish to note that i have succesfully mounted first time a small insect on a ringed slide just dehydrating it on a single step on 96º ethanol and not dry but in low end pva children's glue. Perhaps somebody more skillful in this may explain if s...

I have recently adquired a vintage Zeiss Standard 14 that i had to restore to be able to use. It featured a very curious combination of light source and condenser for illumination. The Lucigen illuminator consists on a lamp holder for a 6V 5W tungsten bulb that you can center tilting the bulb holder...

I have used a round disposable food container cover the diameter of a slide, double sided tape in it, the center is marked by the plastic injection point. And I turned it with my left hand against my keyboard with a small box in front of it making a 90º corner. I ringed with the right hand using nai...

I have also picked recently a legacy Zeiss. It was an Standard 14 complete with binocular head and 4 objetives. It features compensated "c" eyepieces 12,5x , 3,2x acro objetive, 10x acro, 40x 0,65 acro and a "oel" 100x. Very standard configuration. What was a bit strange was its Lucigen illuminator....