Thread: My Microscope

I was recently looking for a small microscope on ebay and found this thing. I got it for less than twenty dollars. There was only one pic of it so I guess everyone was suspicious of it. It has a patent date of 1915 and it is really heavy. Must weigh 12 to 15 pounds.
I put on rubber gloves and cleaned it with alcahol. I removed everything. I even took out the lenses and cleaned them.
It has two 25 X lenses and one 60X lens. I put a razor under it that I tried shaving with. The razor was just ok and needed a little more work to be really sharp.
When I looked at the edge under the 25X, I was amazed. There were nicks and the edge looked like a saw. And I thought the thing was sharp.
Needless to say. I am very pleased with the microscope. I am on cloud nine. Wow. What a stroke of luck.