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Thank you Oliver, I was getting confused sometimes whether I’d landed on a gaming site?.

Very good job on the dovetail joints, and you cobbled these together?

Hello Jane

Welcome and hope you enjoy and find lots of help, advice, and friends.

when moments like these come along, grab what you can to capture them.

well done.

When you bought this scope, if all was working ok, leave it alone until you get familiar with it.
I own two Zeiss scopes, the Universal and the Phomi II, dark field< phase<Brightfield and EPI reflected.
Lovely old scopes and both working well.
not bad for scopes over forty years old.

Old trick that often works.

Try to tighten the screw? what this does is sometimes breaks the seal in side the screw, then try unscrewing as normal

Wayne welcome from Lancashire Just a thought should you still have a Library to hand, an enquiry at the desk might elicit some help ref local contacts. Your university will also have a contact that might be able to help. I would recommend The postal Microscopy group, this will show up fellow enthusi...

I have found that thinning down NPM with ten to fifteen percent
Acetate, improves both placement and clarity of specimen.

Make sure that edges of slide cover glass are well sealed, again full strength NPM.

Regards grgh4

Is not the 25x an Epi objective? if so threads would be different size

sorry but missed the posting when you had taken apart the Iris? Replacement cost £20.00 uk pound postage would have to check. Your Field Iris is missing the leaves! As you turn the dial it should show the leaves coming in to close down the aperture of the Iris. A common fault, and more than likely t...