WalterD wrote:You're welcome James. 150 mu thickness should not be a problem for mounting ...

I appreciate the suggestion, reading about it now.

http://www.microbehunter.com/euparal-mounting-medium/

-JW:

In case you want to do this without reflected light: You might try to cut a small piece out of the mask, mount it in e.g. euparal and observe it with a low power immersion lens, e.g. 10x/0.45 and try darkfield. I've never mounted anything, let alone Euparal mounting medium. Just guessing, the parti...

MarkSturtevant wrote:Given the mentioning of Olympus mirrorless micro 4/3 ......

Thanks, I'm open to all suggestions. I know nothing about that camera. Guess I need to do some research.

I see a lot more noise in that first image. I wonder if that might be part od it? It's a 100% cropped image. I see very little noise. To me the blur seems like other strands on different elevatons of each other. The second image is a SINGLE layer, the first image is a multi-layered image of the sam...

I've had really good sharpness with the 10x measurescope objective. This is a 100% zoomed in and cropped at 1024. It's a DIFFERENT part of the specimen I'm trying to photograph but at least you can see that's it's a relatively sharp image. http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/userpix/153_SingleLaye...

Thanks Rik. I suppose I should of mentioned there is a limit to what I could buy objective wise. The Mitutoyo would be out of the question from a price perspective. I do have a Nikon 10x/0.25 that I've not used yet. I have quite a few pieces of glass but no Canon 100mm L macro. I haven't tried a inf...

Excellent

I've been struggling with this particular subject for several weeks now for a project I'm working on. I figured I'd ask for help here from those that might know what the issue could be or may have suggestions. Is there a way to improve this image to see more of the individual strands? Currently I'm ...

Here's one of his videos for the ENDER 3 with the v1.1.4 and TMC 2208 upgraded board. If you to check out the videos to see what's really going on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEQQIJMPofA

-JW:

Saul, Wonder if the "new boards" come with the Trinamic chips, these could explain the quietness since they have the Stealth Chop Mode. Best, To my knowledeg yes, the Ender 3 v1.1.5 has the 2208 stepper. that's why it quite. You can also buy the least expensive Ender 3 and make all the upgrades you...

Saul wrote:Thanks, James ! Let's wait a little bit, 2 TLs on the way (different brands), let's see results.

If I can test the GSO for you on my end and have the necessary components, I'm more than willing, you have my email.

Regards,
-JW:

Thanks folks. Don't mind tinkering and somewhat patient, so may be a good candidate but will wait for the prices to drop. Even though they are sold out as of today, that's still a smoke'in deal in my opinion even at $210.00 for a 3D printer that size that has a really good results, lots of tutorial...

iconoclastica wrote:

mawyatt wrote:maybe some future small fixtures to support LEDs lights

Mind the heat: some of the printed plastics easily become unstable.

I totally agree, very important. This is a interesting related video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLrISrkg46g

-JW:

If you want to get your feet wet inexpensively I'd buy a Ender 3 and watch all of CHEP's videos related to that particular printer. They just had sale on them last month for $169.00 but no longer. CHEP also suggest a few upgrades that you should buy too. If you go that route, I'd buy the upgrades at...

Saul, I have a GSO 1.25" 0.5x Focal Reducer if you want to try it.

-JW: