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Under the microscope
6 February 2012 | by 
A couple of weeks ago Jeff KO7M wrote that he had acquired a binocular microscope for the workbench to enable him to work with SMT components. Although I have no particular desire to do SMT work at the moment I do have trouble with close-up work due to my eyes’ limited focal range and becoming very far-sighted. So I thought a binocular microscope would be a good addition to my workbench too.
Jeff wrote that his binocular microscope was not cheap and from the look of it I would imagine the cost ran well into three figures. The one I got was £30 from a firm that disposes of liquidated stock on eBay. I’m sure it isn’t as good as the one Jeff got but hopefully it will be useful. If not I can always start another hobby looking at plants and insects or growing bacteria!
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Hi Julian,
I am sure you will enjoy it. I have a nice stereo version and I just bought a 10-600x color camera version for my PC. Only 25 Euros in the Aldi bargain bin. It works great for PCBs.
– Glenn DJ0IQ and W9IQ
Hey Glenn, can you post a link where you bought it?
Hi Matt,
Aldi is a discount grocery store in Germany that has center isles of unpredictable discount items each week. The chain exists in my home state of Wisconsin as well. Sorry, I don’t have a link for you.
– Glenn DJ0IQ and W9IQ