Universal Stage

augusthouse · Post by **augusthouse** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:32 am

s'truth!

Check out the price on this one: Seems to be too many '3's in the listed price?

Nice set though

http://cgi.ebay.com/Zeiss-Universal-Sta ... 19098173QQ

Craig

g4lab · Post by **g4lab** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:29 am

He is off by about an order of magnitude.

augusthouse · Post by **augusthouse** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:08 pm

Appears to be in pristine condition.

The seller may be fishing in the collector/museum market.

No harm in trying I suppose, never know...

The full set in that condition. I would guesstimate approx. 5-7K?

I wonder why no one makes them anymore. What are the makers of such fine instruments offering/using as an alternative?

Craig

AndrewC · Post by **AndrewC** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:39 am

In today's world you can achieve the same thing with a computer controlled 6 axis stage which you can stick in a hostile environment and drive with a joystick. Not so beautiful to behold alas

Andrew

Choronzon · Post by **Choronzon** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:02 pm

augusthouse wrote: I wonder why no one makes them anymore. What are the makers of such fine instruments offering/using as an alternative?
Craig

These are obsolete, having been replaced by microbeam analysis instruments. The number of individuals who can actually put one to good use, is rapidly dwindling, if you know what I mean.
Zeiss made theirs until 1999, being the last of the big 4 to stop production. Should be worth about $4000.
Here's a link, they're nice looking playtoys that look impressive, though. One in my home lab would make even me look smart.
http://www.geochemsoc.org/publications/ ... lstage.htm

augusthouse · Post by **augusthouse** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:12 pm

Thanks for the info and the link Choronzon

Craig

Tesselator · Post by **Tesselator** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:01 pm

augusthouse wrote:It appears that all the earlier links in this thread are 'dated'; so here are some images and an animated .gif of a Leitz 4 axis universal stage for anyone who may be curious.

Animated .gif (10.7mb) HERE

Craig

Man, that looks freeeek'en awesome! I wanna play with one of those!

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 11:37 pm

Looks like something from a sci fi flick, doesn't it?

--Rik

Tesselator · Post by **Tesselator** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:11 am

Yeah, I could feel like Da Vinci with that thing. I'd only need some thick solid wood tables and high stone walls.

I already have the long beard and the robes.

Universal Stage

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