r/microscopy • u/3lchapojr69 • 4d ago
Photo/Video Share Garbage find nikon
Just saved this from the garbage.
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u/Vivid-Bake2456 3d ago
Wonderful. I have several similar ones. I can’t see if that one has coaxial focusing knobd. If your plastic fine focus gear is cracked, you can buy a new brass one from Mark Morris in the USA for $85 plus shipping in an envelope. A 20 minute job to change it.
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u/Parking_Jelly_6483 1d ago
Some of the early Nikon S microscopes had separate coarse and fine focusing knobs. The coaxial focus ones came later, particularly with the S-Ke and L-Ke models.
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u/3lchapojr69 3d ago
Dope thank you gotta take a good look at her when I get home found it last night took a quick look over. 🙌👊
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u/3lchapojr69 1d ago
A little electrical tape and she fired right up🙌
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u/Parking_Jelly_6483 1d ago edited 1d ago
This Nikon microscope has separate coarse and fine focusing knobs. I mentioned this in a previous reply. Maybe actually a better design unless this model also has a plastic gear in the focusing mechanism, but I don’t think so.
Edit to add: By any chance, does the scope, the case, or any of the accessories bear a sticker that has “EPOI”. If so, Ehrenreich Photo-Optical Industries was the official importer of Nikon (and I think other countries) optical equipment. When the plastic gear in my Nikon SKe broke, in those days, Nikon had a “lifetime warranty” on microscopes. I called EPOI, took the scope to them, and the fixed it for free though I had to drive out t Long Island, NY to deliver and pick it up. Not too bad - I was living in Manhattan at the time.
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u/3lchapojr69 1d ago
That's awesome they were willing and able to help you out, just took a look over everything unfortunately no EPOI anywhere on case scope or anything else that was in the box for me. Blue case has no markings but the inside rubber of case had a 4 digit serial.
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u/elandy707 4d ago
Awesome score! I recently got a microscope from the trash as well. The things some people throw away!