[time-nuts] Soldering small stuffs...

[Taka Kamiya]

It's a very personal thing.  I have a few Optivisors and microscopes.  Thing about Optivisor is distortion and clarity of lenses.  Being a photography nut as well, those things bother me.  I also have a stereo zoom microscope 10x to 40x and with a barrow lens at 0.5x, effectively making it 5x to 20x.  It is mounted on a long boom stand.  This is perfect for my needs.  5x to work, 20x to inspect.  

My stereo microscope is made by an Indian company, LaboMed, and cost about a double of some Amscope.  Despite the general reputation of Indian products, this is a very well made and a quality instrument.

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(Mr.) Taka Kamiya
KB4EMF / ex JF2DKG
 

    On Sunday, April 26, 2020, 1:01:46 AM EDT, Burt I. Weiner <biwa at att.net> wrote:  
 
 I have an AM-SCOPE 7-35 magnification stereo microscope. I also have 
an OptiVisor with a 5x stereo lense that my son gave me about 10 
years ago. As nice as the microscope is, I generally wind up using 
the OptiVisor. I have to agree with you about trying to solder under 
a microscope.  It take a lot of practice.

Burt, K6OQK


At 05:38 PM 4/25/2020, Bill Notfaded wrote:
I bought some magnifying glasses with 5 sets of different power 
lenses you wear like glasses. It has built in led light and 
adjustable strap that hold it on your head off Amazon. Works great. I 
can do all small surface mount stuff with them. Plus I have my normal 
vision and hand eye coordination going that way. Soldering under a 
scope or on a video monitor is a lesson all in itself!

Burt I. Weiner Associates
Broadcast Technical Services
Glendale, California U.S.A.
biwa at att.net
K6OQK


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