I use dow corning 33 for light applications and dow corning 111 for heavier applications. These are silicone valve lubricants. They work great on microscopes....
Hi David and Mike, The main point of synthetic grease is its very long services life. With the loss of the finest grades of Sperm whale oil products we were...
Sorry for the delay, good people. I have confirmed that Leica does indeed still manufacture a Periplan that threads into the Coolpix cameras. #11527002 10x...
I switched to synthetic lubes about ten years ago and have had very good luck with them. I generally use the NYE line of lubricants because they are readily...
Dear Arthur, Thank you for correcting my error in getting things backwards on using heavy grease on the sliding parts and not the shaft. I made it stand out...
Hello all, While we are on this topic (lubricating microscopes) I have another question for the more informed amongst us: I've been told to NEVER lubricate the...
Mike, I agree - there is no reason to lubricate the rack or pinion gear on any assembly. These are designed to run dry. It is the bearing surfaces that need...
I am hapy to announce that my new web pages on arthropods are up and running, although still being edited and some parts are under some level of contruction. ...
Hi, Thanks for all the help with the grease questions. Everything is back together and working nicely. I wanted to offer the Nye Damping Grease Kit I purchased...
Hello David, As one of your friendly moderators here, I am not put-off or offended by your post in the least. You have something to offer that may be a...
I agree! I'm pleased that David was able to get everything working properly. Even to the point of buying $60 worth of lubricants to do it properly and then...
Hello David, Gregg and Arthur, Glad to hear you got everything back together and working properly. As the experts (and Gregg & Arthur are two of the best) have...
Mike, Hanging if from the ceiling is brilliant idea. I have heard of rooms being hung form the ceiling to isolate the vibration in the floor. If you use ...
Hello Gordon, If it was brilliant why did it take me so long to figure out? Thanks for the compliment, even if it's not deserved. This is just another of those...
Apologies, I may have accidentally stomped over Gregg. When I re read his post I realized he had asked (very politely) about those TAI lubricants. I'm in no...
No, please Arthur - they are yours! If I need to purchase a dab or two, I'll give you a call.......I don't do much service or repair, other than on my own...
Gregg, I usually keep my lubes in my toolkit and when I need a particular jar, I get it out and bring it to my shop. Sometimes it's frustrating at a job (where...
Mike, When you constrain your options by closing the door you limit them. Very few thing an be can't be done it is just not as you see it. That's easy to say ...
I need the help form the knowledge and wisdom of the collective mind of us all. In what I see mostly as tool making or tool making and interferometry exercise...
I am about 3 hours in to uploading files to www.science-info.net/docs They will be about the same as they were before I had to take the blanks out of the names...
Does Zeiss make a viewing head for a microscope that has a binocular head piece and a way to put an angled monocular head on it. I believe a conference head...
Gordon, I don't know about the Zeiss viewing head, but a part solution to your problem is to use a video monitor driven by the camera - I use a small LCD TV as...
Hello all, As posted previously, I've been trying to come up with an acceptable adapter to mount my Nikon D200 dSLR to the Orthoplan for photomicrography. To...
Mike, I've been dealing with some of the same issues. Here are some ideas I've been considering. Physically mounting camera on scope. Charlie Krebs' method...
Hello Norm, Thanks for the input! You may have come in after my listing of the various methods I've tried, so I'll briefly review: At least three 'hard' mounts...
To all the members of this group: With this first post, I want to introduce myself. My name is Gregor. I live in California and work for a company selling mass...
Hello Gregor, Let me be among the first of your friendly moderators, as well as Mike A. our fine group founder and "owner", to welcome you to this fine forum....
Dear Gregor, It is a pleasure to have you back with the group.Your learned point of view combined with the wide range of experience in microscopy is always...
Dear Mike, I have been reading the old standards on photomicrotogrphy. Delly, Delly/McCrone, Allen and the original Kodak pre Delly. The one thing they all...
