What do you use for magnification?

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nice !!!I find my 30 power loupe is too much for what I need.My 10x loupe is perfect for my needs.STILL...dang...I want one of those !!!
 

I use a stand type waist high full page magnifier mainly in the bathroom where I am forever trying to find something small:)
 

I've got a little 20x to 40x scope with some led lights. It's about 5 inches tall with the base attached. It works great and was (if my memory is still working) about $12 dollars on Ebay. I have a couple of more that are more portable, one that goes all the way to 200x. I have a couple of USB 'scopes that go from 40x to 200x and one goes even to 800x; are USB powered with led lights. The 800x really magnifies coins! Each of these were about $30 apiece on Ebay. I also have a retractable-arm type light, from Harbor Freight, mounted on my desk with a magnifying glass in it with an incandescent light. It's amazing what you can find on the internet! No, none of these are 'precision' type instruments, but work quite well.
 

I picked this microscope up long ago,made the base for it. Stereo is so nice.

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Chris
Looks expensive! You didn't leave any finger prints did you? LOL
Just jokeing. Actually I use the lens from an old defunct night observation scope. Hay I am a scrounger! Frank...-
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I use two different loupes, depending on what I'm trying to look at.. I have one that has 3 lens and is variable power from 10x to 15x to 25x and the other one is a lighted 30x..

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Mine is the lense off something at lest 10X probably greater cause you can see suff under your finger nails you didn't know was there! I need one I can use both eyes with, like yours.

Worldtalker- yours looks like it's looking back and smiling!
 

Msbeepbeep, I wonder if you feel about magnifying mirrors like a do? Not a pretty sight in my case,lol!
 

Mine is the lense off something at lest 10X probably greater cause you can see suff under your finger nails you didn't know was there! I need one I can use both eyes with, like yours.

Worldtalker- yours looks like it's looking back and smiling!

Just one of many little "Fringe Benefits" of the job I worked.:laughing7:
 

CoilyGirl I have one, it lies face own on the dresser and it's not allowed to get up! Lol!

Fringe Benefits are my favorite kind! That thing is cool tho!
 

That is a serious looking tool!I want one!001.JPG
 

CoilyGirl I have one, it lies face own on the dresser and it's not allowed to get up! Lol!

Fringe Benefits are my favorite kind! That thing is cool tho!

27 years I got those benefits,think it's time to sell a LOT of them,don't use them anymore,I didn't pick up cheap crap either,I have a lot of precision stuff,machine repair tech.by trade,got a lot cooler stuff than that!:laughing7:

They kept these in a safe on the assembly floor.,they were silver soldered on every engine.
 

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They kept these in a safe on the assembly floor.,they were silver soldered on every engine.

I have one of those sitting on my desk right in front of me. One of the PWA engineers from Hartford gave it to me when we were working together.
 

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