Re: Stylus Jewlers loupes
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 6:57 pm
Vintage Tech,
Well that time I used the stereo inspection
scope was a long time ago. It was back around
1982 or so. It was at Paper Machinery Corp.
in Milwaukee Wisc. They made the machines
which form paper cups. Their inspection
dept. needed a precision, very high magnification, high quality microscope to inspect precision machined hardened steel
parts they purchased custom made from several
vendors. With that scope, they looked at
the surfaces of the many cams used to operate
the complex motions of these paper-cup machines.
About all I remember about that microscope
was that it was very big and heavy and complex
and it had a rotating stage, and it also
had selectable maginifications such as
50x, 100x, 200x and 400x. It had a very
bright small lamp mounted close to the stage
which was easily adjustable.
I could be wrong about the 400x, maybe it was
only 200x, but I am fairly positive that I
remember right, and it was indeed 400x.
I tend not to forget experiences like that.
It was by far and away the best view of these
sapphires that I've ever gotten.
A couple of years ago I had another peek at
some of them over at the local jeweler's
over in Clinton, Illinois. He has an old
60x diamond-grading scope. Heck, at 60x, I felt I was not getting a very good look.
It was better than nothing, but also it
was not even close to that time on the
400x scope. I really do think it was 400x.
I wish I could rememeber the brand name and
more specifics about it, but all I know it
was big, expensive, heavy, with a very bright
light and magnification that blew me clear
out of the water!
Chuck
Well that time I used the stereo inspection
scope was a long time ago. It was back around
1982 or so. It was at Paper Machinery Corp.
in Milwaukee Wisc. They made the machines
which form paper cups. Their inspection
dept. needed a precision, very high magnification, high quality microscope to inspect precision machined hardened steel
parts they purchased custom made from several
vendors. With that scope, they looked at
the surfaces of the many cams used to operate
the complex motions of these paper-cup machines.
About all I remember about that microscope
was that it was very big and heavy and complex
and it had a rotating stage, and it also
had selectable maginifications such as
50x, 100x, 200x and 400x. It had a very
bright small lamp mounted close to the stage
which was easily adjustable.
I could be wrong about the 400x, maybe it was
only 200x, but I am fairly positive that I
remember right, and it was indeed 400x.
I tend not to forget experiences like that.
It was by far and away the best view of these
sapphires that I've ever gotten.
A couple of years ago I had another peek at
some of them over at the local jeweler's
over in Clinton, Illinois. He has an old
60x diamond-grading scope. Heck, at 60x, I felt I was not getting a very good look.
It was better than nothing, but also it
was not even close to that time on the
400x scope. I really do think it was 400x.
I wish I could rememeber the brand name and
more specifics about it, but all I know it
was big, expensive, heavy, with a very bright
light and magnification that blew me clear
out of the water!
Chuck