Thread: Radio Shack Magnifier

Originally Posted by clarman

you are better off to spend more dollars and buy a used microscope off ebay or at a microscope repair facility if you plan to hone and or collect razors...the rs is a toy and prolonged use will make you go crazy...

+1, this thing is a torture. I am having much more fun with a jeweller's eye-piece

Cheers
Ivo

What is the magnification on a jeweller's loupe? I'd prefer one of these if it could handle x50-x60 or better.

Any 'real' microscope would be unsuitable, as they all rely on bottom lighting on transparent materials, with a very narrow depth of focus. The ebay/RS ones aren't microscopes as I understand them; for a razor you would need top lighting with a reasonable depth of focus, and relatively low magification, which is what they have to offer.

Originally Posted by Kaifa

The problem is that they don't sell in Europe nor they ship to. I tried a Spirig pocket microscope http://www.spirig.org/index.php?id=79&L=3, that seems similar, but no site sells them and the fabric wants me to send Credit Card details by fax and I don't like this.

So, any suggestion for an item that could be bought in Europe with internet secure payment?
F

These "scopes" are also available through Amazon if that makes a difference.
http://www.amazon.com/Carson-Micro-M...2896535&sr=8-8

Originally Posted by Straight and loving it

These "scopes" are also available through Amazon if that makes a difference.
http://www.amazon.com/Carson-Micro-M...2896535&sr=8-8

This is the same one sold at Radioshack for about $10.00

Steve

Originally Posted by zepplin

This is the same one sold at Radioshack for about $10.00

Steve

Exactly! But, there are no radio shacks where Kaifa lives. But, it's only a five buck difference.