Hi Mike, You're right about not getting very far with a hand microtome. However, if you shop on e-bay, you shpuld be able to pick up a cheap rotary microtome...
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James Solliday
oldscope
Mar 1, 2004 8:31 am
Dear Tom: Just took a look and the V-C images and they are just splendid, very nice indeed. I can actually tell that the edges are a bit sharper and the...
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rvanwezel
Mar 1, 2004 8:46 am
Hi Tom, Just curious, what are you using for stains, do you use plant material? Rene. ... However, ... sections (in ... best. You ... (one ... glass ... small ...
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Gordon Couger
Gordon@...
Mar 1, 2004 8:51 am
John, You still must oil the lens to the cap and you have only a very very little working distance left....
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rvanwezel
Mar 1, 2004 9:12 am
Yeah, there were some strange stories about GEK. Don't know how much of it is true. Anyway, I know Frithjof Sterrenburg was involved in importing LOMO from...
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julius3@...
darkfield2001it
Mar 1, 2004 9:50 am
You wrote . The 40 is not a bad lens, gives ... I agree. The 30X WI is a good lens, the best in the epifluorescence set, that is a 90W halogen lamp, done for...
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T. E. Andersen
stereologen
Mar 1, 2004 10:37 am
Hello Rene, Sorry, no plant material :-( I'm a zoologist :-). I've been using mainly toluidin blue (1% in 2% borax) and Lee's methylene blue/ basic fuchsin....
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edfwilli
Mar 1, 2004 11:35 am
I have a Soviet era Lomo model 11 transmission and epi frame. With it came several wooden boxes of accessories. Three sets of Phase contrast objectives, one...
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rvanwezel
Mar 1, 2004 12:03 pm
Thanks for your input, Don. I wouldn't even want to start on a frame like that. I admire your courage to try and get it working though! Rene. ... the Y ... to ...
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edfwilli
Mar 1, 2004 12:57 pm
Most of these embedding resins are commercial products that have been bought in bulk from company's like Shell Chemicals and re-packed for electron microscopy...
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John Fichtl
johnfichtl
Mar 1, 2004 1:03 pm
Hi There might be someone who has the Intel QX-3 and cannot run it on XP. There is an XP version available for $19.95 in Texas. John.au...
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Nemo
iamnemo2001
Mar 1, 2004 3:23 pm
I recently created a new discussion forum open to all current or potential professional and amateur users of Meiji Techno microscopes. In addition to the fine...
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John Odom
forgertoo
Mar 1, 2004 6:05 pm
I finally have the home made phototube for my SZ7 exactly parfocal with the stereo eyepieces. I made it from a body tube of an ols B&L arc-light...
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dogsafire
Mar 1, 2004 8:44 pm
Greetings, I recently bought a Zeiss phase contrast microscope. It has a trinoc head but the third tube is empty. Is a projection lens/relay lens/transfer lens...
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emeylan
Mar 1, 2004 11:23 pm
Hi Don, You do need to be a little more specific. Zeiss microscope. What Zeiss microscope ? There is a f=160mm microscope line - the old grey or black ...
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Dogs Afire
dogsafire
Mar 1, 2004 11:48 pm
... 160 mm, light gray ... I would prefer film, that's why I talked about the HFX. I'm a little leary of the resolution of digital (that I can afford) yet. Don...
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J. Forster
j_forster911
Mar 2, 2004 12:17 am
... If you use a MC-63 Zeiss camera system with your scope, there are two possible lenses, one for the 35mm back and a different one for the 4x5 Polaroid back....
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T. E. Andersen
stereologen
Mar 2, 2004 12:45 am
Hi Don, Do you have more detail about the 'cellofas'? It's new to me. Any references would be welcome (off list, if you prefer). Even if you can make resins...
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microshaw@...
microshaw
Mar 2, 2004 1:22 am
John- I looked on Clarke's magazine site- couldn't find this article. Do you have the internet address of the article on water immersion coverglas-tube? Rgds,...
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James Solliday
oldscope
Mar 2, 2004 1:25 am
Dear Frez: Again you have produced a very fascinating set of images!! The arranged Gyrosigma are very useful and nicely done.. Also I noticed a rather...
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microshaw@...
microshaw
Mar 2, 2004 1:37 am
Frez- Nice pictures. Saltwater sure different from freshwater in terms of microlife ! Rgds, Mike Shaw In a message dated 2/29/2004 6:02:26 AM Eastern Standard...
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Jay Stanley
js88keyz
Mar 2, 2004 1:45 am
Hey all, I have a friend who's looking for some well slides with a flat bottom...he remembers some from the past, however he can't locate any now....any...
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Don H
morningstar@...
Mar 2, 2004 1:49 am
... Do you mean a perfectly flat bottom, with straight sides? I have been seeking those myself. McCrone Associates doesn't sell them any longer. If anyone...
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microshaw@...
microshaw
Mar 2, 2004 2:02 am
Don- The nice thing about LOMO is that the quality is good, and reasonable in price. That's value. But more than that- you can add extras at a reasonable price...
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microshaw@...
microshaw
Mar 2, 2004 2:07 am
Tom- I do have my eye on the 30x WI from LOMO America. Chris told me about it too, and I'm saving for it. I confess to bidding on the e-bay ones 70x and 90x ...
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emeylan
Mar 2, 2004 2:08 am
The best and correct eyepiece is the S-kpl 10x/20 464040 which was already $917.00 in 1991. If you don't want to pay this, you can also use a normal eyepiece....
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microshaw@...
microshaw
Mar 2, 2004 2:09 am
Kevin- Sounds like a dream. I'll have to take a course in it too sometime to see for myself. Right now, I'm stuck with wax. Oh well ! Rgds, Mike Shaw In a...
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John Fichtl
johnfichtl
Mar 2, 2004 2:10 am
Hi Mike Try this http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjul01/tclarke2.html John.au ... From:...
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J. Forster
j_forster911
Mar 2, 2004 2:15 am
... The 46 40 40 is the 10x/20 for use with the 4x5 Graflock/Polaroid back. The 46 42 40 is the S-KPl 16x/12.5 for use with a 35mm back. These are the options...
