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Mini mirror

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Mini mirror

john Lucas

I just had to go out and have some fun this morning. Turning 1/12th scale. It's really fun rolling beads with a skew that measures .060". I could do a better job if I got out my Stereo microscope. I needed just a little more magnification. My eyes aren't what they used to be. Rolling the bead on the mirror body was really hard. It's about as thick as a thin needle.

I took a photo of the back side to show the "mirror". I used chrome tape attached to some plastic and then cut out with a custom punch I made. I had camera movement because my camera cable release doesn't work any more. Should have used my self timer. I got lazy. It won't happen again.

I will have to find a place to store all my mini mirror wood. It takes up so much space.




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Dick Coers

As I age, I like to use smaller and smaller mirrors. It's rough looking into the large ones and seeing an aging guy. Where did he come from?

Getting the glass cut is going to be a challenge.

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#3

John - Where did you get the large Dime?


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#4

Dennis in Southern Oregon

Re: John - Where did you get the large Dime?

Dennis in Southern Oregon

It is a bit suspicious. He was making coins a few weeks ago!

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#5

your sneaky Dennis   


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Dennis in Southern Oregon

Re: John - Where did you get the large Dime?

Dennis in Southern Oregon

Actually, I sense a grand conspiracy going here. A couple of days ago, Keith T. posted a picture of an ornament with a globe the size of a "quarter".

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John K Jordan

Nice! Do you have good quality chrome tape? Somewhere I have some good chrome stickers made for instrument optical reflectors.Pressing a sticker onto a piece of thin plastic sheet might make a pretty good micro mirror. Also, the aluminized mylar I have makes a pretty good mirror although it is not as stiff as the stickers.

If you want higher power for your stereo microscope, you might check to see if you can get replacement eyepieces. I know the eyepieces can be replaced on my low power (30x) stereo microscope - Swift sells a variety of different powers to fit.

JKJ

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#8

Big Dime!!

Jorge Castañeda

Good grief John. Do you have microscopic vision?

:D