Good deal for microscope base

[anoldsole]

Not my auction, just noticed a good deal on a nikon MM base if someone wants to add some weight to their setup to get rid of those pesky vibrations . $125 with $85 shipping.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nikon-UM2-Measurescope-main-base-w-transillumination-lighting-vertical-stages/352328423960?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D51376%26meid%3Db9046f760b5c41728cd623c7ed009775%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D252429194163%26itm%3D352328423960&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3Aa04960bb-41a6-11e8-aa4a-74dbd180916a%7Cparentrq%3Acfc89ee51620a991c19e4c53fff4f266%7Ciid%3A1

[Lou Jost]

Thank you for that! It is just what I was searching for. There was an earlier listing for one of these but the description said that the fine focus made a grinding noise, so I passed on it. This one on the other hand sounds good.
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[Lou Jost]

Now comes the challenging part: how to stuff this into my airline luggage...
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[ChrisR]

I don't know if you've seen one Lou, but keep a look out for the base which goes on those dovetails.
You usually get 50mm of micrometer x-y, and a rotating glass middle.
Only another 20kg or so.
There were simpler ones too.
If you see the one with fat encoders, they're 200mm/pi diameter; I'm sure you can work out what to do with that .
They have complex electronics inside, they aren't simple quadrature encoders, to my eyes. I didn't get the counter part, but I doubt I'd use it.

I know nothing about the base illumination system, I've not come across a manual for the UM-2.
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[lothman]

as I looked at the first link I found those focus blocks

column only
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Stereo-Microscope-Rack-Pinion-Coaxial-Coarse-Fine-Focusing-Adjustable-Mechanism/182869704367?hash=item2a93e23eaf:g:qj4AAOSw~RVZ-Y1O

column with bracket
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Microscope-Rack-Pinion-Coarse-Fine-Focusing-Adjustable-Mechanism-Head-Holder/183153342204?hash=item2aa4ca36fc:g:OTAAAOSwD99avaIq

[Lou Jost]

Those look nice! But I wonder, since they are for stereo microscopes, the fine focus might not be fine enough for focus stacking with high-magnification objectives?
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