Thread: Has anyone used anything like this to view their honed edge?

Welcome to the digital world...
Just wondering if this or similar would be a good idea for viewing the edge of a razor for purposes of evaluating honing success.

http://www.amazon.com/Carson-Digital...259757&sr=8-11

Has anyone ever tried one of these?

I picked up the radio shack scope which works fine but can be somewhat tiring and finicky. Then I came upon the item in the link and thought it may work too and have the ability to save pics of your razor at different states of sharpness. This could be good for identifying what is working and perhaps shorten the learning curve of honing.

I haven't heard of anyone using this for a razor or for anything else. I'm not sure if the resolution would be sufficient, 640x480 is pretty low, but you don't know if you don't try.

If you do pick one up, please let us know how it functions and please post a picture or two.

Ivan

Originally Posted by STR8 77

If you do pick one up, please let us know how it functions and please post a picture or two.

Ivan

Heck yeah! It will be the first thing I do if I get one and the pic's look worthwhile. Still looking at other options yet though. I like the idea of involving the computer in this venture.

I have seen these for sale on one of the science websites that sends me a daily update about things. At $80 it's a cheap enough experiment and I'd love to hear the results.

Originally Posted by Howard

I have seen these for sale on one of the science websites that sends me a daily update about things. At $80 it's a cheap enough experiment and I'd love to hear the results.

Yup, and 80 bucks could buy me a nice coticule too!

I found one better! Here is the instruction book that comes with it.
http://www.celestron.com/c2/images/f...scopeinstm.pdf

It's about 115 bucks though... Might be somthing Tim Z would be interested in. Hmmmm....

Here's a Microscope Basics PDF file from their website.


http://www.celestron.com/c2/images/f...scopebasic.pdf

Originally Posted by roughrider

Here's a Microscope Basics PDF file from their website.


http://www.celestron.com/c2/images/f...scopebasic.pdf

More great info! Thanks Roughrider, I enjoyed reading all the different types.

If you're going to spend that sort of money go for a second hand scope from a decent maker like wild, leica, zeiss, olympus, nikon or more likely for that sort of money ao or b&l. A stereo is probably your best bet and they are often a little cheaper e.g. my stereo cost me around $300 iirc while my current compound cost almost $1000.
You may find one cheap from a university or college or ex-industrial supplier and of course there is always ebay.
You'll get decent lenses and not plastic as comes with cheap new scopes and an instrument that will last a lifetime or more.

Oh and a great site for info and tutorials is
http://www.microscopyu.com/
java tutorials which can help with grasping some slightly obscure concepts.