Thread: New bench scope

OK, so I have access to a $$$$$ uber-scope back in the lab. But I have to sneak around to use it....

So I decided to get something I can have right here at my desk for mucking around with stuff.

It is a combo of a $79 100x "shop scope", and a $45 USB camera.

As with the Radio Shack scopes, the direction of the lighting has a major impact on what you see through the scope. On the $$$$ scope the light comes out through the objective lens itself, so it gives a much different kind of image. And the camera on that scope is also $$$$

Anyhow, here's the new setup and an image from the new scope (100x) and an image of the same razor from the $$$ scope at 50x and 200x.

I like that set up.

Originally Posted by mainaman

I like that set up.

That makes 2 of us. Those scopes tell the truth about a blade!

Originally Posted by mainaman

I like that set up.

+1 Nice setup. Just started doing my own honing and have seen it through 200x also. You can see a lot more, especially when you get down to the finishing/polishing grits. The scope I have been using is at work also but i don't got to sneak.

I should also say that when using the scope with just the eyepiece, and not the camera, the resolution is much better than what is shown above.

But we gotta post pics here, folks!

What razor are we looking at? Is that a Hess?

That is a nice setup. Only a few microscopes I have seen here come close to an inverted lens connected to a DSLR:

Hey Sparq, is that a double bevel?

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Hey Sparq, is that a double bevel?

Yes it is. The second bevel saw some finer grits.

Hi Sparq, Is that finer bevel result of your new Charnley. Thank you for showing me the trick with the inverted lens.

What happened Craig, did you get caught using the equipment that says 'Do not muck around with'?