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Anyone have anything old laying around?

I usually use epi darkfield from around 160x-400x to look at edges although generally speaking much smaller edges than kitchen knives such as found on chisels and cutters. You may have some good luck with oblique lighting using an old illuminator such as used to be used with a compound scope with a...

If anyone has any recommendations for solutions that are less than $200ish please help me.

You can probably get a small LED lamp (on a gooseneck, articulated holder, etc.) to come in from the side and have enough clearance with a 4x objective (40x total magnification). Polarizers might help a bit to see the scratch detail (one over the LED, one above the objective). Closer to an ideal to...

Greetings all, I recently purchased a 380T to diagnose critters in my mixed reef tank and to show my kids how cool science can be with the right toys. I have been successful in this but I recently came across another use for this scope. I sharpen knives as a hobby. I use both the Wicked Edge system ...

What did you end up with? I am in the same boat. 4 kids and have dinos... need to id them to continue. Want to get the little ones I to microbiology...