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This is the one I used. Bought it for a Petrographical scope I was restoring, but the knobs were in the way of the objectives. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mechanical-XY-Stage-40x40mm-Graduations-for-Polarizing-Microscope-w-Rotary-Plate/143116520851?epid=8019378754&hash=item215268cd93:g:L3QAAOSw3v5XIz54...

I got it on eBay. Came from China. I suggest the $15 job from amscope.

Well, the sum total of the “work” was drilling a hole and tapping it to fit the mounting screw on the clip. This one has a nice straight edge that sits 1/4” from the straight edge of the base. I spent a lot of years working as a printer, and recognizing wheather or not two lines a quarter inch apart...

I was looking at slides on the Olympus SZ40 Stereo scope and wondered if it would be possibloe to record the 3D image for a 2D medium such as the forum. My first experiment. I need to work out some lighting issues. I chose this old dry mount I made a couple of years ago because it has a lot of depth...

Not trying to bump this one but I wanted to include some observations. I got all three of these working again. I disassembled them to try to understand how they were supposed to work, then try to make them work correctly. I also didn’t want to mess with the stand that was working fine, even for refe...

Easy addition. Drilled and tapped for this mechanical stage. Completely removable. I already had this mechanical stage. I would look at amscope. They knock their’s down to $15 USD now and then. Polaroid sheet under slide clip, and camera polarizer. https://i.postimg.cc/25JPHVkX/77623-C41-4-E87-46-DE...

Just for fun. IX70 4x pol Looking at different types of hair in polarized illumination. Here are a couple of the more interesting ones. Polar Bear https://i.postimg.cc/3JJ1st0P/PS-2019-02-28-S10-4x-POL-polar-bear-001.jpg Badger https://i.postimg.cc/CxRN1dN7/PS-2019-02-28-S5-4x-POL-badger-001.jpg Enj...

Thanks! I never thought it was older than 1960
Radazz

I’m old and blind, and had to get a bright flashlight to see it but the only thing I can find are two patents on the back curve of the finger hook. Dec. 11, 1900 and Aug. 28, 1906. Nothing on the heel or the occuler sleeve nor on the bottom of the foot. Even swung the mirror to the side to check the...

Mark II
Smaller, and with removable blue filter for the 4x so it won’t burn through the back of my skull.

Beautiful! And the music choice kept me smiling.
Radazz

Yes, Apo. No other S/N to be found.
Radazz

Beautiful!
I too would very much like to see a tutorial.
Radazz

Hi, Apo, thanks for the response. This one does have the swing out condenser. It has an iris just under the top of the condenser. The horseshoe base is square in section of the pillar, whereas the 40 I found in a catalog had a cilendrical piller. Does this fit the 30 in your sources? Radazz When yo...

Here's an Allogromia (if I'm not mistaken)
Olympus IX70 30x HMC 2x speed

You can clearly see the reticulopodia. Looks like a creepy spider.
Enjoy,
Radazz

Hi, Apo, thanks for the response.
This one does have the swing out condenser. It has an iris just under the top of the condenser.
The horseshoe base is square in section of the pillar, whereas the 40 I found in a catalog had a cilendrical piller.
Does this fit the 30 in your sources?
Radazz

Trying to find a model designation for this Spencer microscope. Serial number dates it to 1917. From the catalogs I have been able to find, it appears to be an early variation or a predecessor to the model 40. Distributed by Aloe Inc. who I believe were based in St. Louis, MO. https://i.postimg.cc/1...

This one was the largest that I’ve ever seen.
For what that’s worth

Writing this post inspired me to look through each of these again. The oldest one has become too fragile to play around with :( . Sadly is just for display now. The dated stand that has been stripped has a functioning course focus, but the fine focus creeps around the center of the fov. Bent needle,...

Actinosphaerium (I think)
9 image stack
She was moving, images aligned in stacking with picoley.
Olympus IX70
20x HMC
Canon EOS 7D

Enjoy
Radazz

Brasso really cleans down to the metal. It also efficiently dissolves any finish.
I’ve found it is better to use a light polish with jewelers rouge followed by Renaissance Wax to preserve the lacquer finish and still get a nice shine.
Radazz

I can see no de-lamination at all. All three produce clean images. The only real problem is with two of the three fine focus assemblys. The design used a leaf spring to resist the fine focus screw, but it is a weak point. Time seems to have defeated two of these scopes. Needless to say I am very car...

Exquisite capture!
Thanks for sharing this.
Radazz

I thought collectors Might be interested in these variants of the Bosch and Lomb “Model” microscope. My only source for data is the internet, and the last thing I want to do is spread disinformation, so any other B&L affectionados (there might be two or three) please feel free to add comments or cor...

I’ve just stumbled upon another advantage of the inverted scope. I have some antique ‘Continental’ size slides, and I can just plop them upside down on the stage without using some kind of jig to fit them into a slide clip. This stage moves both directions. And while none of us would do so :? , you ...

My primary use for bacteria is as a focus reference for hunting amoeba. I know I’m focused on the bottom of the sample.

Radazz

Yes, very interesting to see ... especially for me, who notes remarkable similarities between the IX-70 and my Nikon Diaphot TMD. Is the IX-70 a finite or infinite system? Does the viewing turret under the eyepieces have a built-in Bertrand lens and magnifier? Does your scope have the second photo ...

I just wanted to share a couple of images of my primary photographic microscope. Olympus IX70 inverted with Hoffman Modulation Contrast https://i.postimg.cc/Xv95MC3y/DAEBD7-F1-BAFE-4166-B3-F4-260887-CE87-B5.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/52hzk3cV/FBDA8623-EC42-4-DD1-9635-72202-FDA9-A38.jpg Sure does use a...

Some bacteria that drifted to the bottom of the drop. Do different species organize themselves differently? Do some secrete poison to clear away other species? I know nothing. Olympus IX70 20x HMC 1.5x augmentation. Pond aquarium sample viewed through bottom of petri dish. https://i.postimg.cc/7YjhJ...

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