$29 Fleabay Microscope Poses for Her Glamour Shots

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$29 Fleabay Microscope Poses for Her Glamour Shots

#1 Post by ebenbildmicroscopy » Sat Feb 06, 2021 6:25 pm

I literally bought this old cast iron Bausch and Lomb in order to slaughter it out for parts - $29 on Fleabay (the shipping was almost more than the cost of the scope!) Due to the cast iron stage, limb, and foot, she weighs in at a hefty 11lbs. An Ortholux I, by comparison, is around 25lbs, but the Leitz is aluminum. So, as is the addiction, when she arrived I wiped her down with a saturated WD-40 rag and discovered she was in minty condition. A couple of further Ebay finds and now she's reasonably complete - the micrometer with the huge wheel is my favorite! The illuminator lamp housing is one of the same as the 1st generation Nicholas illuminators so I'm going to wire it to use one of the dark brown Dynazoom era Nicholas transformers.

The slide holder stationary arm on the mechanical stage arrived as bare brass. You see it on the scope after I "blued" it for a better match to the stage (I show this in a previous post). I'm going to apply another coat of blueing to darken it a little further.

Be sure and check in the comments... I'm going to post her Fleabay pic for comparison. She'll probably live out her days as a fancy bookend in my collection but, we'll see....
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JeffO, aka "Ortho amore"
Leitz Ortholux I
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Zeiss GFL
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Zeiss Photomicroscope III
Zeiss OPMI 6S
B&L Stereozoom and Balplan

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Re: $29 Fleabay Microscope Poses for Her Glamour Shots

#2 Post by ebenbildmicroscopy » Sat Feb 06, 2021 6:29 pm

This is how she appeared on Fleabay, bless her heart. I like the moveable stage and have an old AO/Spencer that's sortuv their version of the same scope only binocular.
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JeffO, aka "Ortho amore"
Leitz Ortholux I
Leitz Orthoplan
Leitz Macro-Dia Device
Zeiss GFL
Zeiss Standard
Zeiss Photomicroscope III
Zeiss OPMI 6S
B&L Stereozoom and Balplan

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Re: $29 Fleabay Microscope Poses for Her Glamour Shots

#3 Post by BramHuntingNematodes » Sat Feb 06, 2021 8:45 pm

Nice. Would make a good toolmaker scope.
1942 Bausch and Lomb Series T Dynoptic, Custom Illumination

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Re: $29 Fleabay Microscope Poses for Her Glamour Shots

#4 Post by ebenbildmicroscopy » Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:18 pm

That's a good idea, especially with the micrometer eyepiece - it has an unusual diagonal X as the moveable crosshair against the background scale. I am a machinist and currently use this Leitz Micro Hardness Tester as my "toolmakers" microscope. The micrometer stage barrels read in 1/100ths of a millimeter. It functions well used in the machine shop. (My apologies for the LOOOOOOOOOOOOOWW resolution pic taken with an elderly cell phone!!).
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JeffO, aka "Ortho amore"
Leitz Ortholux I
Leitz Orthoplan
Leitz Macro-Dia Device
Zeiss GFL
Zeiss Standard
Zeiss Photomicroscope III
Zeiss OPMI 6S
B&L Stereozoom and Balplan

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Re: $29 Fleabay Microscope Poses for Her Glamour Shots

#5 Post by ebenbildmicroscopy » Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:25 pm

This is a better shot... less compressed
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JeffO, aka "Ortho amore"
Leitz Ortholux I
Leitz Orthoplan
Leitz Macro-Dia Device
Zeiss GFL
Zeiss Standard
Zeiss Photomicroscope III
Zeiss OPMI 6S
B&L Stereozoom and Balplan

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