Thread: Microscope Stage

Originally Posted by tinkersd

CAREFUL!! Getting your steel magnetised can backfire BIG! Just think of the very edge of the bevel and what will be atracted to it!!??? It's just not good for the edge of a str8. If you look under magnification a magnitised edge will show all kinds of particles 'Stuck" to the razor.

JMHO, thank you for listening, tinkersd

Thanks,

Since my jaw is made of steel that is certainly something I should worry about!

Seriously now, I tried the vibratory tumbler idea for restoring blades. I wasn't to impressed. One of the things that I noticed when I tried two blades at once was that they became magnetized and stuck together. they didn't bang each other and chip edges etc. but they stuck together so the media didn't rub the one side. I have them left over from the experiment still in the garage. I will have to give them a closer look before using a more traditional restore procedure.

Tim

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Enlighten me,why do you even need a magnet?

On a microscope like yours where you can move the binocular head above the work using a magnetic stage would not be of any advantage.

On my dinky student microscope with a single fixed (in relation to the stage) ocular the focus is adjusted by twisting the eyepiece it takes two hands. The stage on my microscope is too small for the razor to rest on. The weak magnet holds the razor in place as I adjust the focus using two hands. My microscope has a very small field of view and depth of focus the magnet works as third hand as I am adjusting the focus. The dark background and the soft plastic are working out pretty well so far.

I suppose I could have just made the stage bigger so the razor would rest on it. But I had the idea of the refrigerator magnet. The idea might be of use to others who have a small student type of microscope, or not.

Charlie

Makes perfect sense Charlie,On another note,honeing was alot easyer for me before I started using a scope.
Was wambam,eyeball it and I got some great edges,Now I sit sometimes hours on end looking thru that damn scope seeing things I never saw before,things that you do not want to see

Yes, I know what you mean it is easy to obsess over small things when you are using a microscope.

Charlie