AO20 Phase contrast/Darkfield setup

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AO20 Phase contrast/Darkfield setup

#1 Post by McConkey » Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:10 pm

Hello everyone! I have been away for the better part of the last year, as always work keeps me very busy and away from home/this amazing hobby! I had intended to sell this scope earlier in the year but being so busy i ended up forgetting about it!

Anyway! With my recent (lastyear) upgrade to a DIC setup i feel that keeping my AO20 is stopping someone else from enjoying this lovely scope. I used this scope for just over a year and 90% of my images posted here on the forum are from this scope. All of the details are available over on the ebay page. I am more than happy to ship to the states or even overseas if need be.

Price is in Canadian over on ebay but it works out to a little less than $700 U.S

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/706-53473 ... olid=11111

Thanks for viewing! It's great to be back!

Karl

*EDIT* New link and heres a quick picture!
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Re: AO20 Phase contrast/Darkfield setup

#2 Post by Hobbyst46 » Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:26 pm

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Re: AO20 Phase contrast/Darkfield setup

#3 Post by Hobbyst46 » Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:28 pm

Hello McConkey,
Welcome back!
I benefited a lot from our "discussions" of how to set white balance - thanks again!

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Re: AO20 Phase contrast/Darkfield setup

#4 Post by mrsonchus » Mon Jul 30, 2018 7:54 pm

McConkey wrote:Hello everyone! .........

Thanks for viewing! It's great to be back!

Karl
Karl! Great to have you back my friend!
Looking forward to your shenanigans old chap! :P

John B. :D :D :)
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Re: AO20 Phase contrast/Darkfield setup

#5 Post by McConkey » Mon Jul 30, 2018 9:56 pm

Hobbyst - Really glad to hear you were able to move forward with your white balance!! Apologies if i disappeared from the conversation without a trace but i'll be backtracking through the forum posts over the last year and catching up!! Really looking forward to seeing your work!

John - Thank you for the warm welcome! Apologies to you too my friend! I received your beautiful homemade slides and then didn't post any images of them! I barely had the chance to look at them but from what i saw, as always they were absolutely splendid! I will try my best to take a closer look at them this week and upload some images of your amazing work!

I hope all is well!
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Re: AO20 Phase contrast/Darkfield setup

#6 Post by KurtM » Tue Jul 31, 2018 12:55 am

HEY Bud, good to see you once again, been thinking about you lately. I almost choked when that pic came up, thought you might be getting rid of that 21! NOOOooo... :lol:
Cheers,
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Re: AO20 Phase contrast/Darkfield setup

#7 Post by McConkey » Wed Aug 01, 2018 7:55 pm

Hey Kurt! Appreciate the thoughts! I hope all is well with you on your end! Are you still travelling or have I been gone so long that you are already back?!
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#8 Post by KurtM » Thu Aug 02, 2018 12:55 am

Oh, I imagine I've come and gone from a couple-few road trips since we last talked. Since I bought it in spring 2012, I've averaged 230 nights a year in my camper. :roll:
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Re: AO20 Phase contrast/Darkfield setup

#9 Post by McConkey » Wed Aug 15, 2018 7:54 pm

Still available if anyone is interested!
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Re: AO20 Phase contrast/Darkfield setup

#10 Post by 75RR » Fri Aug 17, 2018 8:09 pm

Hi McConkey,

nice to hear from you again.

You might want to point out that your AO 20 has a trinocular head in the description on ebay, it is an important selling point.

Something along the lines of: American Optical AO20 Trinocular Microscope with dedicated Phase Contrast + Darkfield

Best of luck!
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Re: AO20 Phase contrast/Darkfield setup

#11 Post by McConkey » Sun Aug 19, 2018 5:45 pm

75RR - Thanks for the suggestion! I've adjusted the title of the ad and made some small changes to the description. Unfortunately ebay limits how long the title can be but your suggestion did not fall on deaf ears! Thanks!

This is my first time selling on ebay so i'm still learning the ropes! Based on some other helpful feedback I've now opened the shipping up to the U.S (Something i thought was automatic) and i've adjusted the shipping so that it is much cheaper. New guy mistakes but hey i'm slowly figuring it out!

Link in the first post has now been updated to reflect the current ad.
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Re: AO20 Phase contrast/Darkfield setup

#12 Post by bcjolly » Thu Aug 01, 2019 4:16 am

Is this item still available?

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Re: AO20 Phase contrast/Darkfield setup

#13 Post by apochronaut » Thu Aug 01, 2019 2:57 pm

Karl's job takes him away for periods and since he might not check in for a while, I can answer the question. Hope you don't mind , Karl, when you see this.
The microscope originated with me and I have since been contacted by the new owner, so it has been sold.

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Re: AO20 Phase contrast/Darkfield setup

#14 Post by bcjolly » Thu Aug 01, 2019 7:35 pm

Thanks for the reply.
Barry

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