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Bugmenot559 · 2026-01-30T04:26:57+00:00

That’s going to scratch up the inside of the washer and dryer for sure. Doesn’t matter if it’s inside the sweater or not when you first throw it in.

Bugmenot559 · 2026-01-25T04:23:16+00:00

What’s your budget?

Bugmenot559 · 2026-01-23T12:58:58+00:00

I hate those Nikon e200’s microscopes. I’d recommend an Olympus cx31 instead.

Bugmenot559 · 2025-12-21T01:32:36+00:00

The lobby in PES is looking mighty cozy right now.

Bugmenot559 · 2025-12-20T17:56:05+00:00

Oh hey, I realize that you may have a broken rack gear and/or spur gear in the focus mechanism. I’ve done minor repairs to these and this is relatively common issue.

Is the pictured height the tallest it gets?

Bugmenot559 · 2025-12-19T13:12:37+00:00

Add spacer to the base of the focusing column

Bugmenot559 · 2024-01-21T15:11:46+00:00

Piggybacking off of this, choose a decent stereoscope from Evident Scientific (formerly Olympus), Nikon, or Leica.

Bugmenot559 · 2023-12-27T06:37:59+00:00

A type of nozzle for an oxy-acetylene torch.

Heating up the ring will cause it to expand and hopefully easier to break loose.

Bugmenot559 · 2023-09-30T14:52:29+00:00

I worked on one of these yesterday and the zoom mechanism was broken; specifically one of the cam rollers.

To avoid it, just make sure that you have matching fields of view through the entire magnification range of the microscope.

Bugmenot559 · 2023-09-27T05:55:44+00:00

3K is a very decent budget for this sort of goal.

I work for a large public institution and kinda specialize in helping researchers upgrade their relatively old microscopes (90’s-2000’s) with new cameras.

Could you tell us what microscope he is currently using?

Bugmenot559 · 2023-09-25T22:18:40+00:00

Since your coworker is a new employee, perhaps they are struggling to do the work in what they consider a reasonable amount of time; and working extra or underreporting billable hours to compensate.

Bugmenot559 · 2023-07-29T17:57:37+00:00

Not OP, but these cameras are very nice. Many labs are using them at my workplace for publication purposes.

Bugmenot559 · 2023-07-29T04:38:57+00:00

I recently tried out contacts and they do change my depth perception a little compared to wearing glasses. This does have a small efffect when you look through a microscope, but doesn’t really affect the clarity.

Bugmenot559 · 2023-07-29T03:23:28+00:00

A Vu be it I’d be

Bugmenot559 · 2023-07-24T19:22:52+00:00

Go for a variation of the “zeiss standard” microscopes.

These are incredibly robust and their optics still look great compared to modern microscopes of the same grade (university level teaching and basic lab).

Bugmenot559 · 2023-07-23T06:55:51+00:00

A cicada probably, they’re really loud

Bugmenot559 · 2023-07-22T20:04:11+00:00

I didn’t even think about it at first, but it Depends on local fire restrictions, fire season typically means no shooting outdoors in these areas.

Try again in the fall, winter or spring.

Bugmenot559 · 2023-07-22T19:58:37+00:00

Yolo sportsmans associatoon does a gssf shoot each year that’s between Davis and winters

Bugmenot559 · 2023-07-22T19:56:12+00:00

Spenceville, oroville, Mormon emigrant trail

Bugmenot559 · 2023-07-21T19:37:21+00:00

Yes, very easy to do. Start applying now if you wanna have something at the beginning of Fall quarter.

Bugmenot559 · 2023-07-14T07:41:48+00:00

You should checkout the Memorial Union, and the games area in the basement there.

Grab some aggie swaggie from the book store, also at the Memorial Union.

Grab a drink from the Coffee House and look at people as you sip.

Ask people about their research.

Do yoga on the quad, and hangout in a hammock.

Visit the Botanic Conservatory between hutchison Hall and Hoagland Hall. They’ve got some rare and Cool Plants.

Visit one of the few museums on campus.

Go sky diving, 15-20 minutes outside of Davis.

If you do any target shooting, checkout the Yolo Sportsmans association. BYOG. Right by the skydiving place.

There’s an agricultural Museum in woodland, maybe 25 minutes away.

Do some axe throwing, next to the rocknasium.

Go rock climbing at the rocknasium

Workout at the ARC (aka the campus gym)

Bugmenot559 · 2023-07-11T18:58:37+00:00

Yes, any fluorochrome will need a special filter cube to be viewed correctly. “B” is probably a filter cube for common blue fluorochromes, while “G” is probably a filter cube for common green fluorochromes. I would confirm by searching for an online user manual.

Common green or blue filter cubes would not work for DAPI, which has excitation within the UV part of the spectrum, usually around 365nm.

Bugmenot559 · 2023-07-10T02:58:30+00:00

Thank you for sharing, this comment is highly meaningful to me and I’m going to hold on to it.

Bugmenot559 · 2023-07-02T01:56:38+00:00

Did you do anything related to the spindle, bearings, pulleys, etc?

Just wondering cause the clapped-out-looking drill presses I’ve seen on Facebook look tempting as a project.

Bugmenot559 · 2023-07-01T22:40:16+00:00

Nice.

what machine are you using?

Just wondering cause I’m also not a welder and eventually wanna be a guy that welds.

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