A different project took priority last Spring. That was
followed by another one. So, 1 year later, I’m finding how much I’ve forgotten
since then.
The mechanical stage was great – while it lasted. The Y axis
got frozen in place and would not move. Since it wasn’t expensive, I just bought
another one that froze the same way. Amscope sent me a replacement at no charge,
but it, too froze in the same way. I gave up.
Then putting the original stage clips back, one of the
screws cross-threaded. It sort of works.
I’ve been able to achieve polarization with help from a
video on Microbe Hunter where he adapted a microscope similar to mine. Upgrade to polarization I tried
to make a device like the one he made, but ended up using the simplest solution
– lenses from 3D glasses.
I’m in the relearning stage.
