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2020-06-10

Nerd Toys: Vintage Microscope

Some people like vintage cars, others like vintage computers, I like vintage microscopes.

I just received my AO Spencer Series 4 microscope. It's in good shape, and I got it because I don't see Series 4 models around much. Now that I have it though, I question the wisdom of my choice because I need to clean and adjust a few things but I can't find a manual for it anywhere.

There's a great microscope support group over at Microbe Hunter, so if you're into microscopy of any sort, you should take a look and consider joining their forum.


(Photos below this point might not be pretty, but take a look if you're interested in the inner parts of a microscope. They're here because I need to ask some questions about the scope and I'm hosting my images on the Nerdmanual so I don't eat up Microbe Hunter's server space.)


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