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Thank you Oliver for doing a great job with this forum. I never did let the "this site is not secure" notice discourage me from using this forum. I also enjoy your videos and I have saved many of them as MP4's in a notebook.

I think what I will do is make a ringing table. I'll get me a small lazy susan, go on Amazon and get a set of slide clips and make a table.

If I was doing this on a large scale, I would invest in a Lee Melting Pot with a bottom pour that's used for melting lead for molding bullets and dedicate it to melting paraffin wax for embedding specimens for my microtome.

An AR-15 lower?

If the optics are the same, then I will buy the silver ones. If the microscope I'm going to put it on already has black objectives, then I'll buy the black ones.

MicroBob wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 19, 2021 8:34 pm

Brunel in England sells them.

Do they sell them to America?

I'm looking for a ringing table. I don't know why, but I want one.

I bought this for my Swift 380.
https://www.amazon.com/C-Scientific-Car ... 355&sr=8-3

I haven't used one like it, but a coffee warmer will melt paraffin so I imagine this would as well. The problem will be in controlling the temp. I'll put some in one of those paper cups that you use with the wax and see if it melts. If it does, I'll try pouring it into the specimen holder and micro...

Do these electric wax warmers get hot enough to melt paraffin wax for specimens for use with microtomes?

I found and ordered a bottle of Acrytol Mounting Media from EMS.

http://www.emsdiasum.com/microscopy/pro ... media.aspx

Thanks to all who helped me with this.

mrsonchus wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 04, 2021 7:15 am

Microworld Steve wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 04, 2021 6:14 am

That's good for the UK, but where can I find it in the US?
It looks like some good medium and I'd like to get some.

Hi Steve, they're U.S. made - a search will likely find them over your way.

Thank you mrsonchus. I searched and I found.

TonyT wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 04, 2021 4:13 pm

EMS sells Histomount and a zillion other mountants:
http://www.emsdiasum.com/microscopy/pro ... media.aspx

Thank you TonyT. I'll check them out and maybe order from them.

That's good for the UK, but where can I find it in the US?
It looks like some good medium and I'd like to get some.

I ordered a set of masks from ebay, and it's on the way. I'll use them with my Omano OM 159. I also have a couple of Amscopes, Omax, Celestron, and a couple of Swifts. One of the Swift is an older one, and that's the one that got me started. I bought it used back in the middle 1980's from a local mi...

Thank you for the link. I'll have to measure my filters so I can get the proper darkfield masks.
As far as the Plans go, I'll order them like you did, one or two at a time.

From reading your comment, I'm now thinking about getting a set of 4 Plans and the 20x and 60x Plans. I have several microscopes I can use them on. If I like them, maybe I'll get a second set. What I'm trying to find is the darkfield mask.

Those are really great pictures and you should be proud of them. Take more and post them.
Was there a big difference between the achromatic and plan achromatic objectives?

Awesome pictures. What set up are you using?

Those would make awesome posters.

Thank you Tony. This gives me a reference point to do an Excel for my slides that I make.

I make a lot of slides and find it easiest to apply a temporary label to each, using UHU water soluble glue, and then print a whole bunch of labels using MS Word, I can get 7, 1" wide columns on a sheet. Print with Arial font @ 7pt. At last 12 labels/column. Each slide has a unique informative iden...

I use the DYMO Labelwriter 450 with 1"x1" labels.

That's amazing, and with great detail.

It's really neat to see something other than an insect in amber. That's really an amazing and rare find.

I always save the box it was shipped to me in, just in case I need it for shipping it. I haven't needed to ship one yet, but I have the box for just in case.

That's an awesome picture. What power objective are you using? Seeing a bee's mouth shows how they can get the nectar for making honey.

Hey Bob. I never thought about using LOCA. After reading your reply I went on Amazon and found several LOCA products. Will this brand work? https://www.amazon.com/Barcley-Adhesive-Transparent-Smartphone-Electronics/dp/B085Q3WCBT/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=liquid+optical+clear+adhesive&qid=16088374...

halogen

I have the same one but with the binocular head and I really like it. It's a good quality microscope.