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Radazz
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Wanted slide clips

#1 Post by Radazz » Sun Oct 14, 2018 4:36 pm

Hi,
I’m looking for a pair of slide clips with a 2mm post.
Brass would be best but not a show stopper, post size is key.
Please feel free to pm me if you have some you can part with.

Thanks in advance,
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Re: Wanted slide clips

#2 Post by apochronaut » Mon Oct 15, 2018 1:25 pm

Which microscope are they for?

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Re: Wanted slide clips

#3 Post by Radazz » Wed Oct 17, 2018 2:14 pm

apochronaut wrote:Which microscope are they for?
For the 1880’s B&L ‘model’.
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Re: Wanted slide clips

#4 Post by apochronaut » Wed Oct 17, 2018 9:26 pm

B & L used an awfully small pin size.....right into the next century. I would be very surprised if you find any others, than the real McCoy that would fit.
They are 5/64". B & L was a long way from metrisizing, then. The ones in my 1905 BB measure right around .078. You might be able to adapt another pair of clips by using the shank of a 5/64" drill as a pin. A 2mm pin might not get in there because it is 3/4 thou bigger. The clips fit rather tight.
OR
horrors of horrors. DRILL..............the stage.

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Re: Wanted slide clips

#5 Post by Radazz » Fri Oct 19, 2018 1:38 pm

I put a needle attachment from the 1902 continental on it so the stage isn’t bare. When I use the scope, I can borrow the clips from that one as well.
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