Beck microscope thing ?

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Divided he ad:
Well Rob all I can say is if you ever get bored of it.... :wave:

Looks great :beer:

I love the old microscopes... Got 11 various ones brass oldies through to newer types.... obviously none of them are expensive. Re-conned one a bit the other day... siezed solid but came for pennies :thumbup:

I'll have to search them out for a photo shoot :)

Ralph.

BiggerHammer:
Well Rob, as it has an X and Y axis.... :proj: Convert it into a micro-mini mill. You will be the only kid on the block with one.

Brass_Machine:

--- Quote from: BiggerHammer on November 01, 2012, 09:03:29 PM ---Well Rob, as it has an X and Y axis.... :proj: Convert it into a micro-mini mill. You will be the only kid on the block with one.

--- End quote ---

I am thinking a CNC'd scope...

:proj:

Pete W.:
Hi there,

There are good reasons for putting a microscope on a lathe for some types of work but, with all respect, Rob's new scope isn't the right sort - putting it on a lathe would do away with most of it's particular features.

If you do want to fit a microscope to a lathe, the best sort is usually a stereo microscope, actually two microscopes in one - stereo image, lots of working distance, and the image is the right way up! (The image given by Rob's scope is inverted, you move the object to the left and the image moves to the right, likewise with up and down.)

Stereo microscopes come up often on eBay and are often configured for boom or long-arm mounting, very amenable to mounting on a lathe.

By the way, Rob, one of my Beck User Manuals gives the working distance of your 32 mm (= x4) objective as 0.88".

I realised that what I wrote in my earlier post about Beck's speciality making custom instrumentation might be mis-construed - that was just a part of their business, they did have a range of several standard catalogue instruments from school microscopes up to advanced research instruments. Just like their contemporaries, other companies in the microscope and optical instrumentation business.

Best regards,

Pete W.

Rob.Wilson:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: some truly mad ideas lads :headbang:

Pete . are those stereo microscopes hard to come across ?

Ralph , i will give you first dibs on it if i decide i have no use for it :thumbup: , would be canny if you could take a few photos of your microscopes :poke:

Cheers Rob

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