hi all! hope you’re all doing well, its been a while since i’ve been here. i’ve been busy making and taking classes and trying to get a website up etc! never a dull moment.
i recently purchased the vevor multidirectional microscope for setting work, and while I know it is a budget microscope, i had done a lot of research and found many people that were willing to say it’s a great inexpensive option for a first time microscope, so i pulled the trigger. but i’m having some issues, and i’m wondering if anyone here has this particular scope and could offer some advice.
first of all, the wheel that moves the scope up and down (the one that you an easily adjust up and down simply by turning the wheel back and forth) is very loose, so if i want the microscope higher and i use the wheel to do that, it pretty much immediately falls right back down. does anyone know if there is a way to tighten this?
second, and this is my biggest issue so far, the lens that screws onto the bottom part that gives you additional working room, it doesnt thread on so easily and so i kind of have to force it. when i look through the scope and this lens is attached, i cannot get a clear image no matter what i do. so im wondering if it’s not sitting perfectly level, since it doesnt thread on so easily, and thats potentially the reason. or maybe im just doing something wrong? i keep adjusting the distance, the eye pieces individually and no matter what i do, the image looks strange. whatever the reason, i dont know what to do. i can use the scope without that lens and the image is clear, but then i have to be so close to the object that a) if my ball vice is upright, there is not enough room to get the flex shaft in and b) if i turn the ball vice to work more from the side to account for that, its now completely out of focus again because it was only perfectly focused at the distance of the work when the ball vice was facing up.
and third, even when i am able to get the microscope to focus without that additional lens, if i use the wheel that zooms in, its now out of focus, and how could that be?? if every time i want to “zoom” i have to re-configure the height of the scope and the eyepieces, how is that efficient at all?
im just so confused and don’t know if all of this is because its a cheap. microscope, or if im doing something wrong, or if my expectations are too high. i have read many reviews of people using this particualr model for setting work so i feel like maybe i’m the problem, but im not sure.
any insight greatly appreciated!
-christine
