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THANKS guys for the sympathy! It is interesting to note that, when I obsess over the Fleabay listings, I know them so well that sometimes it's as if I've handled the condensers! Not long ago, I was looking for a nice Zeiss Optovar to gussy-up one of my "Standard" frames. One with a fairly prominent ...

YES, almost analogous to buying a "pig in a poke!" It's so frustrating trying to sort through all the delaminated condensers on Fleabay! I even own one each double arrow and single arrow condensers that I bought knowing of their slight to severe issues thinking, "someday they'll come along" some mor...

I wondered how heavy it might be... it does look sturdy! I apprenticed as a machinist/repairman in the microscope dept. of one of the very large biological supply houses and, back in our graveyard, we had several of the old AO/Spencer "Scholar" school microscopes. I think the bases on them was made ...

zeisskm__1501200184_70.60.244.130.jpg That quote from Rodney Dangerfield would have to crystallize my thoughts regarding the homely Zeiss KM microscope. Anyone on here ever used one of the little beasts? I've always loved the GFL and WL and the curves of the Standards, Photomics, and Ultraphot... m...

THANK YOU, zzffnn! I bought a Canon Rebel T5i about 2 years ago in anticipation of starting a YouTube channel. I must confess that I haven't done anything with the camera in all that time, though I have recently purchased an adapter t style mount to integrate it with my scopes. I honestly had no ide...

I have been a microscope machinist/repairman since 1999 and, over the course of that work, have repainted probably 50 stages from primarily Nikon and Olympus scopes that were used heavily in a hospital laboratory setting. They were painted originally at the factory and usually with paint that contai...

Apologies in advance if this is addressed in another thread... Occasionally, I am requested to provide a microscope setup in a classroom environment - the last time was several years ago to demonstrate freshwater algae under phase contrast for a large group of Boy Scouts. They formed a line while I ...

While I've never done this, I've always intended to try after reading about it in a science experiment book I bought at a book fair in elementary school - years ago: Article explaining how to collect micrometeorites

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5984951/how-to-c ... r-backyard

These are EXCELLENT links! Thanks for posting!

I am new to this forum and am an optical instrument fine mechanic/machinist. I am a Leitz Ortholux I, Orthoplan, and Zeiss OPMI, Photomicroscope III, Standard, GFL collector. I would like to locate an Ortholux I POL stage and centerable nosepiece or clutch nosepiece in the '70s period satin chrome f...