I am seeking ideas for fixtures to hold knife blades and other sharpened items for examining the bevels, edges, burrs, etc., under., under magnification.
I have a dissecting microscope with a native magnification of 3.5-45X and a 2X multiplier to get up to 90X. I realize this isn't optimal, but it is a compromise for using it with my granddaughter to examine bugs and other micro stuff. Last weekend we were looking at earthworms she had dug up. A while back, while looking at a Yellowjacket wasp exoskeleton, I discovered it had a mite.
I have and adjustable angle plate (somewhere, can't find it at the moment) that seems like it could be a good beginning. I want to be able to hold blades such that the bevel is level and possibly slightly inclined to get views of the edges, etc. I'm not sure yet how I would actually secure the blades to that angle plate. I made it, so am not adverse to putting holes in it for mounting things.
I am wondering what some of you use.
This microscope is binocular for viewing and has a trinocular port for a camera. The camera I have is 18MP. I have been having limited success getting very good quality still images. I got this camera for its video speed, as much for its MP, so live things could be viewed on the computer at something close to real-time. For that it works pretty good.
The trinocular is not parafocal with the binocs. I made a focusing attachment for bringing the camera image into focus when the binocs were, but then I realized that if the image is not in focus in the trinoc port, no adjusting of the camera focal length is going to improve the camera image. So, I use the microsope's focus function to focus the camera image.
So, here again, I am wondering what some of you use.
Thanks,
Rick
I have a dissecting microscope with a native magnification of 3.5-45X and a 2X multiplier to get up to 90X. I realize this isn't optimal, but it is a compromise for using it with my granddaughter to examine bugs and other micro stuff. Last weekend we were looking at earthworms she had dug up. A while back, while looking at a Yellowjacket wasp exoskeleton, I discovered it had a mite.
I have and adjustable angle plate (somewhere, can't find it at the moment) that seems like it could be a good beginning. I want to be able to hold blades such that the bevel is level and possibly slightly inclined to get views of the edges, etc. I'm not sure yet how I would actually secure the blades to that angle plate. I made it, so am not adverse to putting holes in it for mounting things.
I am wondering what some of you use.
This microscope is binocular for viewing and has a trinocular port for a camera. The camera I have is 18MP. I have been having limited success getting very good quality still images. I got this camera for its video speed, as much for its MP, so live things could be viewed on the computer at something close to real-time. For that it works pretty good.
The trinocular is not parafocal with the binocs. I made a focusing attachment for bringing the camera image into focus when the binocs were, but then I realized that if the image is not in focus in the trinoc port, no adjusting of the camera focal length is going to improve the camera image. So, I use the microsope's focus function to focus the camera image.
So, here again, I am wondering what some of you use.
Thanks,
Rick