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by Drew
Tue Jan 31, 2017 11:39 am
Forum: Introduce yourself
Topic: Hi from uk
Replies: 52
Views: 19311

Re: Hi from uk

edvf, You are a brave man. Letting a young one around a telescope tripod and all. My son, who lives away, left his refractor telescope tripod here so his sisters kids could look at the moon & maybe some planets. They I have not had a hands on introduction to the telescope yet. I'm sure your son will...
by Drew
Sat Jan 28, 2017 12:28 pm
Forum: Introduce yourself
Topic: Hi from uk
Replies: 52
Views: 19311

Re: Hi from uk

Hi edvf, I hope you have now found a microscope that you and your son like. My 5 year old grandson loves to look at things through an old stereo I got off ebay. It has a turret with 2X & 4X, with both transmitted and incident light, and generic eyepieces work well in it. Rugged and inexpensive is im...
by Drew
Sat Jan 28, 2017 9:16 am
Forum: Introduce yourself
Topic: Saludos from Spain
Replies: 9
Views: 6599

Re: Saludos from Spain

Enjoyed the videos!!!
by Drew
Fri Jan 06, 2017 6:08 am
Forum: Introduce yourself
Topic: Newbie from Germany
Replies: 7
Views: 4375

Re: Newbie from Germany

Hi Klaus, An old Leitz I bought for the Grandkids to learn with sucked me into this microscope world. It is way above my head and got me to get a stereo to introduce them until I could get the Leitz fixed up. I hope you enjoy yours & get some good pictures. I have seen on ebay where the Heine Conden...
by Drew
Mon Dec 05, 2016 11:56 pm
Forum: Introduce yourself
Topic: Saludos from New Mexico
Replies: 11
Views: 5843

Re: Saludos from New Mexico

Glad you are here Bill. I hope somebody answers you question. I am interested myself.
by Drew
Sat Dec 03, 2016 3:33 am
Forum: Microscopy accessories
Topic: these tweezers for Insect and flower holding?
Replies: 22
Views: 10205

Re: these tweezers for Insect and flower holding?

Charles Sands, I hope you have your problem taken care of as I see this thread is a couple of months old. If not my post will bump it up for you & others.I bought these same jewelers tweezers a couple of weeks ago. I am fortunate to be a maintenance mechanic and can stay over on my time to use equip...
by Drew
Fri Dec 02, 2016 9:33 pm
Forum: Beginner's corner
Topic: Color filters
Replies: 4
Views: 3210

Re: Color filters

player, I'm a newbie, too. And I also have an interest in filters. As lorez says, colored filters are used to get rid or reduce certain wave lengths of light. Thinking that filters could be used to make some things in a specimen stand out from the rest, I have achieved no signifigant results. With a...
by Drew
Wed Nov 30, 2016 8:38 am
Forum: Introduce yourself
Topic: Hi, new boy from SC, USA
Replies: 7
Views: 4311

Re: Hi, new boy from SC, USA

Thanks for the welcome. I live in the Piedmont, woods but no fires presently, some deep banked creeks but nothing like the gorges of the Finger Lakes region. Four years ago, I purchased a microscope cheaply when my plant was disposing of old equipment in an auction for United Way. Notice I said chea...
by Drew
Wed Nov 30, 2016 6:39 am
Forum: Microscopes and optics
Topic: Comments on the Columbia Instruments FM 600 Field Microscope article
Replies: 9
Views: 4981

Re: Comments on the Columbia Instruments FM 600 Field Microscope article

lorez, Thanks for the thread. After reading the article here in microbehunter and a similar one by the same author in micscape , I bought one of these FM 600 off ebay. The case looks like it has been around, but the microscope is in real good shape. I asked the seller if he knew any of its history a...
by Drew
Mon Nov 28, 2016 7:25 pm
Forum: Introduce yourself
Topic: Hi, new boy from SC, USA
Replies: 7
Views: 4311

Hi, new boy from SC, USA

Hi,

Ignorant on microscopes but learning, Microbehunter & this forum helps.

Thanks for great Info.

Drew