Of potential use as axel material for the various moving parts (gears and related elements) in watches and clocks. Just a guess since you mentioned he was a watchmaker along with a number of other interests.

Keith W

Picked up mine from the Post Office two days ago. Will be checking it out soon. Thanks, Lothar.

Be healthy
Keith

Darn computer. Back working again, I think. Agreed on using the tubes with a lens, especially with finite microscope lens. The advantage with the bellows is the range of magnifications you can get over the range of extension. For example my JML 21mm goes from 4.3X at 50mm extension (almost completel...

I recently purchased a WeMacro rail and have begun checking it out (like it a lot so far). I have both the Nikon PB-5 and PB-6 bellows and prefer the PB-5 on the rail due to its slightly lower height and lower weight. The scale on the PB-5 goes from 0 to 192mm although the instruction book lists the...

I ordered the WeMacro rail with the vertical stand from William on 12/26/19 and received a question about the shipping address on 12/27. I got an email with the tracking number on 12/30 and received the package on 1-3-2020. It was well-packed and I was able to get it set up and running in a few hour...

aquatic, of interest to fly fishermen

Another attempt to post a picture.
And it looks like it worked.

Many thanks, Sonynut -- I ordered two of the slides and they showed up yesterday. Better than I hoped for and they went together without any difficulty so I now have an x-y stage with 1/2 inch movement in either direction. They're small, but just right for holding small subjects. Darn, I was going t...