Hi Gene, I got one of those short fat microscopes and it was really rubbish. The focusing mechanism also moved the lens side to side slightly and it wouldn't hold focus for more than a few seconds. It ended up in the bin.
Les > I looked at that one rather hungrily Les, but lost interest when I found it > was a good 5.1" long by the time the cord bends over at the tube exit. I > would have to mount it to use it with Z about 3" up to use it, then > dismount it to use the machine else it would get wiped out on the > workpiece. I also know the lenses on those things are crap but all I want > is the central image anyway. There is another one, larger diameter but > shorter that does focus but whats the parallax movement when the focus > wheel is adjusted? Such very important details are sadly lacking so we > spend our money not wisely at times. If this one doesn't do, I'll > investigate the next one in the short fat lineup. There is one of those > that goes all the way to 800x, which would likely redefine "overkill" ;-) > > My toy mill has a huge box on top of the spindle that hangs out so far all > the way around, so there is not room for a device 5" (123mm) long without > its hanging well below the tool itself. > > So if, by the time it arrives the first of next week, I hope to have the > camview window working in linuxcnc again. ATM its broken again, and the > error messages are less than illuminating. :( > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DreamFactory - Open Source REST & JSON Services for HTML5 & Native Apps OAuth, Users, Roles, SQL, NoSQL, BLOB Storage and External API Access Free app hosting. Or install the open source package on any LAMP server. Sign up and see examples for AngularJS, jQuery, Sencha Touch and Native! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63469471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
