I'm assembling a little metal thing under a microscope right now.

It's very time-consuming, switching between eyeglasses for reading
documentation and bare eyeballs for using the microscope.

Casual Googling did not reveal a way to speed this up, say a
headband frame to allow me to quickly flip my glasses up,
and just as quickly back in place. I use and like my Optivisor
headband magnifiers but their +10 diopter magnification is
still too little for the work I'm doing.

Suggestions, spelling corrections, political libel?

Thanks

--Winston

Get a cheap pair from Zenni. Spec the reading lens for your weak eye, and no
correction for the microscope eye. In either case, you'll be looking through
one eye. But, with the microscope, you're doing that already.

Or take an old pair of glasses, and push the microscope side lens out,
pushing forward on the lens.

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I'm assembling a little metal thing under a microscope right now.

It's very time-consuming, switching between eyeglasses for reading
documentation and bare eyeballs for using the microscope.

Casual Googling did not reveal a way to speed this up, say a
headband frame to allow me to quickly flip my glasses up,
and just as quickly back in place. I use and like my Optivisor
headband magnifiers but their +10 diopter magnification is
still too little for the work I'm doing.

Suggestions, spelling corrections, political libel?

Thanks

--Winston

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" wrote:

I'm assembling a little metal thing under a microscope right now.

It's very time-consuming, switching between eyeglasses for reading
documentation and bare eyeballs for using the microscope.

I honestly can't see why it would be "very time-consuming", since I do
this sort of thing. Just park the glasses, not folded, in a consistent
location near the scope that's not in the way of your arms, and pop them
on when you get off the scope - takes me less than a second.

Most glasses only "flip" the lenses up (you can search on that) and you
still have the frames, which in most cases will interfere with the
microscope eyepieces.

You could get long, straight (bayonet?) temples for sliding the whole
frame up your head if you preferred. My headshape at least does not do a
great job of this with normal behind the ear temples. Or put a
cord/chain on the temples and drop them on your chest.

There are various spendy options as well, with various tradeoffs, that
might let you use your reading glasses on the scope or scope equivalent.
The video-microscope is usually cheapest (may be free if you already own
a video camera with macro abilities, though it sounds like you really
need a microscope video eyepiece adapter rather than a macro lens), but
it has the "not stereo" disadvantage.

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Stormin Mormon wrote:
Get a cheap pair from Zenni. Spec the reading lens for your weak eye, and no
correction for the microscope eye. In either case, you'll be looking through
one eye. But, with the microscope, you're doing that already.

The 'scope is stereo (and I need all the pixels I can get).

Or take an old pair of glasses, and push the microscope side lens out,
pushing forward on the lens.

I *could* hinge two old pair of glasses together to make my
own 'flip up' glasses, perhaps. I shall ponder.

--Winston

Ecnerwal wrote:
In ,
t wrote:

I'm assembling a little metal thing under a microscope right now.

It's very time-consuming, switching between eyeglasses for reading
documentation and bare eyeballs for using the microscope.

I honestly can't see why it would be "very time-consuming", since I do
this sort of thing. Just park the glasses, not folded, in a consistent
location near the scope that's not in the way of your arms, and pop them
on when you get off the scope - takes me less than a second.

Bench space is at a premium, so I've recently taken to parking my specs
on my bald spot so I can lean over the microscope. As you imply, it is
faster than putting them anywhere else, but I still would like to
be able to ungoggle and goggle in milliseconds, not two or more seconds.

This assembly uses about 100 pieces so I really want to save a lot
of my "prime time".

Most glasses only "flip" the lenses up (you can search on that) and you
still have the frames, which in most cases will interfere with the
microscope eyepieces.

I concur.

You could get long, straight (bayonet?) temples for sliding the whole
frame up your head if you preferred. My headshape at least does not do a
great job of this with normal behind the ear temples. Or put a
cord/chain on the temples and drop them on your chest.

An alligator clip jumper on the back of the temples and draped down
my back counter-balances my specs when perched on the rear top of my head.
It's much faster than anything else I've tried, but I'm convinced it could
be faster still, given the cumulative nature of the delay.

There are various spendy options as well, with various tradeoffs, that
might let you use your reading glasses on the scope or scope equivalent.
The video-microscope is usually cheapest (may be free if you already own
a video camera with macro abilities, though it sounds like you really
need a microscope video eyepiece adapter rather than a macro lens), but
it has the "not stereo" disadvantage.

That might work. Thanks!

--Winston

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I'm assembling a little metal thing under a microscope right now.

It's very time-consuming, switching between eyeglasses for reading
documentation and bare eyeballs for using the microscope.

Casual Googling did not reveal a way to speed this up, say a
headband frame to allow me to quickly flip my glasses up,
and just as quickly back in place. I use and like my Optivisor
headband magnifiers but their +10 diopter magnification is
still too little for the work I'm doing.

Suggestions, spelling corrections, political libel?

Thanks

--Winston

I rotate my glasses up onto my head.

Croakies?

jsw

On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:02:59 -0400, Jim Wilkins wrote:

wrote in message
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I'm assembling a little metal thing under a microscope right now.

It's very time-consuming, switching between eyeglasses for reading
documentation and bare eyeballs for using the microscope.

Casual Googling did not reveal a way to speed this up, say a headband
frame to allow me to quickly flip my glasses up, and just as quickly
back in place. I use and like my Optivisor headband magnifiers but
their +10 diopter magnification is still too little for the work I'm
doing.

Suggestions, spelling corrections, political libel?

Thanks

--Winston

I rotate my glasses up onto my head.

Croakies?

Yup. Those two concepts have become my workaround
until someone buys me a stereo microscope.



--Winston

Winston wrote:
On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:02:59 -0400, Jim Wilkins wrote:

wrote in message
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I'm assembling a little metal thing under a microscope right now.

It's very time-consuming, switching between eyeglasses for reading
documentation and bare eyeballs for using the microscope.

Casual Googling did not reveal a way to speed this up, say a headband
frame to allow me to quickly flip my glasses up, and just as quickly
back in place. I use and like my Optivisor headband magnifiers but
their +10 diopter magnification is still too little for the work I'm
doing.

Suggestions, spelling corrections, political libel?

Thanks

--Winston
I rotate my glasses up onto my head.

Croakies?

Yup. Those two concepts have become my workaround
until someone buys me a stereo microscope.



--Winston


What you need is something like the military uses for NVGs for a ground
pounder.

Similar to this
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg

Could probably be made from a light headband and a hinge




--
Steve W.

"Winston" wrote in message
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On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:02:59 -0400, Jim Wilkins wrote:

wrote in message
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I'm assembling a little metal thing under a microscope right now.
It's very time-consuming, switching between eyeglasses for reading
documentation and bare eyeballs for using the microscope.


Yup. Those two concepts have become my workaround
until someone buys me a stereo microscope.
--Winston

Could you get a 14" or 20" working distance lens to read the
documentation with the Optivisor?
http://www.loupe-magnifier.com/optiv...ens-plates.htm

The ones I grab most often have 14" #3 lenses and a swing-down closeup
lens. I've soldered a whole lot of surface mount with them, mostly
0805 and 0603 caps and resistors and 0.5mm pitch ICs. The 8" #5 is
nice to inspect the fit of a thread gauge etc but it's kinda too close
for comfort on the lathe or mill.

My best vision is at 18-20". When I was young I could read the states
around top of the Lincoln Memorial on a $5 bill.

jsw

On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:39:21 -0400, Steve W. wrote:


(...)

What you need is something like the military uses for NVGs for a ground
pounder.

Similar to this
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA300_.jpg

Could probably be made from a light headband and a hinge

I'm much more in lust with the Mantis Elite stereo scope.

http://www.visioneng.com/mantis-elit...ion-magnifier-
overview.php

Probably about the same money as that head mounted binocular.

Ooooo. Baby.

--Winston

On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:49:26 -0400, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Winston" wrote in message
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On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:02:59 -0400, Jim Wilkins wrote:

wrote in message
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I'm assembling a little metal thing under a microscope right now.
It's very time-consuming, switching between eyeglasses for reading
documentation and bare eyeballs for using the microscope.


Yup. Those two concepts have become my workaround until someone buys
me a stereo microscope. --Winston
(Well, I've *got* a nice stereo microscope. Here I was referring
to the Mantis Elite. Ooooo. Baby.

Could you get a 14" or 20" working distance lens to read the
documentation with the Optivisor?
http://www.loupe-magnifier.com/optiv...ens-plates.htm

The ones I grab most often have 14" #3 lenses and a swing-down closeup
lens. I've soldered a whole lot of surface mount with them, mostly 0805
and 0603 caps and resistors and 0.5mm pitch ICs. The 8" #5 is nice to
inspect the fit of a thread gauge etc but it's kinda too close for
comfort on the lathe or mill.

My best vision is at 18-20". When I was young I could read the states
around top of the Lincoln Memorial on a $5 bill.

My vision was *never* that good.

I really like my 10 diopter Optivisors but the working distance
and lack of magnification make them non-starters for me, now.
Back 'in the day' they were perfectly fine for my SMT projects.
Not any more, though.

--Winston

On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:08:28 -0700, "
wrote:

Stormin Mormon wrote:
Get a cheap pair from Zenni. Spec the reading lens for your weak eye, and no
correction for the microscope eye. In either case, you'll be looking through
one eye. But, with the microscope, you're doing that already.

The 'scope is stereo (and I need all the pixels I can get).

Or take an old pair of glasses, and push the microscope side lens out,
pushing forward on the lens.

I *could* hinge two old pair of glasses together to make my
own 'flip up' glasses, perhaps. I shall ponder.

Hey, EIGHT EYES!

--
Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult,
whereas I am merely in disguise.
-- Margaret Atwood

On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:06:04 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote:

On Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:08:28 -0700, "
wrote:

(...)

I *could* hinge two old pair of glasses together to make my own 'flip
up' glasses, perhaps. I shall ponder.

Hey, EIGHT EYES!

Hyuk!

--Winston