Thread: New bench scope

OK, so I have access to a $$$$$ uber-scope back in the lab. But I have to sneak around to use it....

So I decided to get something I can have right here at my desk for mucking around with stuff.

It is a combo of a $79 100x "shop scope", and a $45 USB camera.

As with the Radio Shack scopes, the direction of the lighting has a major impact on what you see through the scope. On the $$$$ scope the light comes out through the objective lens itself, so it gives a much different kind of image. And the camera on that scope is also $$$$

Anyhow, here's the new setup and an image from the new scope (100x) and an image of the same razor from the $$$ scope at 50x and 200x.

I like that set up.

Originally Posted by mainaman

I like that set up.

That makes 2 of us. Those scopes tell the truth about a blade!

Originally Posted by mainaman

I like that set up.

+1 Nice setup. Just started doing my own honing and have seen it through 200x also. You can see a lot more, especially when you get down to the finishing/polishing grits. The scope I have been using is at work also but i don't got to sneak.

I should also say that when using the scope with just the eyepiece, and not the camera, the resolution is much better than what is shown above.

But we gotta post pics here, folks!

What razor are we looking at? Is that a Hess?

That is a nice setup. Only a few microscopes I have seen here come close to an inverted lens connected to a DSLR:

Hey Sparq, is that a double bevel?

With that setup, if you put a stop of some kind for the toe of the blade to butt up against, you should be able to view pretty close to the same spot on the bevel each time, I would think. Just a thought. I know people are always asking about taking pictures of the same spot during a progression.

Originally Posted by Seraphim

OK, so I have access to a $$$$$ uber-scope back in the lab. But I have to sneak around to use it....

So I decided to get something I can have right here at my desk for mucking around with stuff.

It is a combo of a $79 100x "shop scope", and a $45 USB camera.

As with the Radio Shack scopes, the direction of the lighting has a major impact on what you see through the scope. On the $$$$ scope the light comes out through the objective lens itself, so it gives a much different kind of image. And the camera on that scope is also $$$$

Anyhow, here's the new setup and an image from the new scope (100x) and an image of the same razor from the $$$ scope at 50x and 200x.

So .... like .... uhhh .... probly you could loan it to me ?

This AM's pics from the Veho 400. These are all at about 200x:

The first is a Filly finished on a Nakayama I bought from 330mate:



the second is the same blade after continued finishing on the Nakayama from O_S



The last is the edge of my Harner Damascus finished on the Nakayama from O_S. I think you can see the double bevel. The initial bevel is as it came from Butch. You can see it could use some more time on the Nakayama.