Thread: Magnification

I've been using this thing.. 25x Pocket Microscope ... Existing table lamp light is enough and eye relief is great. I can use it while wearing my glasses. If compared to my "60-200" radio shack light scope it is 60-100. Don't use the radio shack anymore.. No eye relief and too dark. And cheap enough to give away.

I thought I'd add some photographs from the USB microscope in question:

Shot One (Flatters and Garnett, microtome)


Shot Two (Wade & Butcher, Celebrated Hollow)


There is some definition there but I doubt it's hugely better than a good jeweler's loupe. Calling it 500X is pure nonsense since the 2MP resolution just can't deliver and so anything above 100k is just a blur. Fixing the stand to a surface, gluing the scope to the stand and using more patience than I was able to summon may well deliver a better image but that's the best I could get out of it.

Yeah. I'm tempted to say I get better than that with lighting and a 30x loupe(cheapie). Maybe the difference between optical and digital??

im using a dino lite basic. works like a charm. 200x

micro bevel on NOS razor, Jnat finish


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I use a 60-100x microscope perpendicular to the edge to show me how smooth it is and a 45x loupe "not sure if that is actually what it is" to see how the bevel meets the edge. So far it has worked for me, but if I stare through either of them too long my eyes will start to play tricks on me.

For everyday honing I spent BIG money on them

Amazon.com: 40 X 25mm Glass Lens Jeweler Loupe Magnifier With LED: Industrial & Scientific

and this one also

Amazon.com: SE MW10087L Mini Brass Microscope with Illuminator: Home Improvement



Keeping in mind that I can buy these for less then I can buy the Batteries alone I order them in Bulk hehehe

I find the bright LED to be the best for seeing issues in the edge quickly and easily as you are honing


The best one I have seen to date was at one of the Denver Meets I can't remember who brought it but I was tempted to make off with it , it was large well lit and had White and Blue LEDs more of a high power Magnifying Glass rather than a loupe, I haven't found one like it anywhere...

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Originally Posted by Tarkus

This is what I use its not super high powered so you wont get you sea-sick while moving, and the light source is amazing. Yes a bit spendy but I'm worth it right. To be honest I liberated it from work Har!!!

Click link here Microscopes | Travers.com

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Awesome! The loupe that Glen linked to is precisely the one that I bought - can't wait to receive it!

Because I take my honing more seriously than gssixgun I prefer a scanning electron microscope:

Urmh... I'm not sure that's big enough.