Beginner Hand Engraving: Budget magnification and microscopes

Links to the equipment:
Microscope: amzn.to/3mPFQIi
headband magnifier: amzn.to/3lLIEop
glasses style magnifier: amzn.to/345W3BZ
Jeweler's Loupe: amzn.to/3mQmT8f
trinocular adapter for Canon DSLR: amzn.to/3mOM0sb
You should really be going to the forums at www.engraverscafe.com to learn more as well.
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[@kanmeridoc1784]

Thank you so much for showing the products and putting links in. Immediately bought that headband and can't wait for it to come in.

[@tywhitmire860]

Wow, you are a natural! Thanks for sharing your in-depth knowledge of the budget optics for a somewhat "newbie" such as myself. Just the info I've been looking for and feeling overwhelmed exactly as you said. I'm very grateful and I now must see the rest of your content. Job well done indeed. 😁

[@jessiekml]

Thank you for sharing. The microscope demo especially was useful since I'm a jeweller and have been using the optivisor n loupes for my work (which is killing my back really) and I've been looking for a review of budget microscopes.

[@protovault3931]

Thanks for this video! I ended up buying. This exact scope for diamond setting and I love it. Ended up 3d printing a head rest for it, I had problems holding my head steady without out it

[@Ye4rZero]

Bingo! A beginner guide made by someone who knows the subject PLUS can make a good video guide. That second point gets glossed over alot, and it shouldn't! REALLY looking forward to the series

[@krsdesigns]

Thanks for the video..I jus purchased a microscope.. inexpensive type as well.. learning how to use an engraver to set diamonds. Very helpful 👍

[@gregentwistle5105]

Excellent video sir. I’m considering expanding my gunsmith services to engraving also and just starting to see what equipment costs would be. This was very helpful, thanks!

[@monicastreet4178]

Thank you for your advice!

[@saadma99]

Great info. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@BrennanAitkenGantz]

This is SO HELPFUL!!

[@naomi10260]

good video, thanks for the examples!

[@stevenlarsen1691]

Thank you. Great information.

[@user-bu8rz5km2s]

Once again a great video.

[@andrewswift7428]

This is excellent. Thank you

[@robertspotten1606]

Thanks for the information on the trinocular.Could you forward on the details of this make and model.please.

[@madebyrasa]

nice share, thanks! found a good one with your advice

[@shanesteven4578]

Thank you for a great video. I had to laugh at myself when I realised that I’ve bought ‘exactly’ the same budget magnifiers that you’ve bought and, just arrived in the post today, the same AmScope. A couple of quick comments for your viewers if you don’t mind. You may find it helpful with the head-mounted (not glasses version) magnifier, providing you don’t ‘need’ the lights on, to remove the the battery pack at the front of the headgear, this will reduce the weight over your face by more than 50% which is great if you’re planning to work for an hour or two! As for the larger AmScope, be careful to make sure you buy the ‘simultaneous view’ version of the tri-scope, especially if you want to see through both the binoculars whilst also viewing the work on a monitor, such as watch repair! This can be done with the slightly cheaper version of this AmScope (still a tri-scope), but only if you give over the view of one of the eye pieces, by pulling/pushing a leaver on the side of the scope, which redirects that lens’s view to the camera view/monitor view, leaving you with a view from just one eye piece in my opinion defeating the point of having a binocular version in the first place. Honestly, I don’t know anyone with the slightly cheaper tri-scope version without the ‘simultaneous’ who wish they had chosen the latter. Hope this helps someone!

[@andyvan5692]

good video, the microscope part is great to hear, but one thing, the reason you hold your eyes back is something called entrance pupil , like telescope eyepieces this controls the focal point for your eyes, ie how far away your head is from the eyepiece, look into telescope eyepiece selection, same thing, you can change both eyepieces, just like telescopes/ some binoculars, BUT have a far narrower range of choice, (some telescope eyepieces are like camera lenses, realy large diamater)- esp. the high quality japanese ones {takahashi?} but worth spending the money to get exactly the type you need!!

[@walther9161]

Great video.

[@JuanGonzales-zx8hy]

In purchased a gravermate system trying to get into engraving but I'm having trouble hooking up the pedal and air correctly. do you have any info on the basic set or image I can refer to if you can help. Would be greatly appreciated thank you

[@KaiCrafted]

Thanks for this!

[@CalebKraftmakes]

My pleasure!

[@UndernetSystems]

Nice helpful video good sir. Might be nice to do if you already have smd soldering equipment.

[@CalebKraftmakes]

yup, lots of overlap there

[@yasingh9456]

Very good One .

[@bjsandiford6757]

Thanks Caleb! So kind of you to share. You mentioned a wide angle lens. Could you please tell me the specifics so that I can find one? THANKS!

[@nerdstrangler4804]

Its just a generic chinese 0.5x barlow lens that gets resold by lots of different brands. The model number is WD165.

[@burcutezcan7584]

Thank you so much for this video...

[@CalebKraftmakes]

Most welcome 😊

[@abwoturab29]

Thank you for content ❤️

[@flatearthbear4077]

Excellant Thank You

[@christianczymmek6926]

Where can you buy a fitting wide angle lense for those type of microscopes?

[@CalebKraftmakes]

The next video will be about vises and workholding. You can see my DIY workholding in this video a tiny bit.

[@peteroleary9447]

At 8:00, you refer to field of view when I believe you mean depth of field. Great video! BTW, the 0.5X auxiliary ens is also called a Barlowe lens.

[@nathanrichard835]

Does the microscope come with the wide angle lense or something to buy extra, and if extra what is the model numbers ( 0.5 x wd165 )

[@CarneyAsadaStudios]

FOR THE ALGORITHM! Nice suggestions.

[@CalebKraftmakes]

haha, thanks

[@alexxxx2413]

What model os microscope is it?

[@barb7838]

How do I attach my iPhone to the trinocular eyepiece to take photos? If an attachment, where do I get that?

[@hellozzh]

thanks for the info! However, I been searching everywhere, but it seems like nobody is talking about the biggest thing in the whole gear set, the air compressor, I got the vise, graver, magnify glass and graver machine on the road to me, but I just realized I have no idea what kind of air compressor I need to buy, is it huge and havy like a desk or I can just use cos gas tank, I just can't find such information on youtube

[@CalebKraftmakes]

there are many options for air, and it kind of depends on what handpiece you got. Some can run on a c02 tank. I personally use a 5 gallon air compressor from california air tools, as they are relatively quiet. It's still loud, but cheap compressors are much louder.

[@brianweaver8024]

Thanks very much for your video, is there a link by any chance to the wide angle lens you mention. It doesn’t appear to be included with the microscope you have listed. Thank you in advance

[@CalebKraftmakes]

that's the .5x auxiliary lense that is listed on the product page. I wish it were labelled more clearly. By expanding the view, it reduces the magnification

[@brianweaver8024]

Ahh, ok, I wondered if that might be the case. Thanks much!

[@CalebKraftmakes]

@@brianweaver8024 no problem! I'm sure others had the same question

[@johnhowton2067]

nice guy and smart+++

[@arturotinocosr6329]

Please help me with the difference between Barlow lens 2 , 5 , 7. If you could at your leisure, please anyone. I truly appreciate your time and help

[@johnnorthrup5197]

What make and model is your larger microscope and did you buy the wide angle Lens separately?

[@johnnorthrup5197]

I am buying from amazon as well want to buy the kind you have !!

[@miniaturehome]

The link is in the video description.

[@Thesingertina]

Have both of the head pieces lol I got the second pair after the eye frame broke on the second one…my pecs are currently on fire so I’m thinking I need a microscope now…

[@CalebKraftmakes]

the scope is so much easier on my back and neck. I love it, even my cheap one.

[@theodorantypas6404]

Hello I'm from South Africa good advice please give me the website you bought the microscope I would like to buy one thank you

[@miniaturehome]

The link is in the video description.

[@TheRussianization]

Thats not a jewelers loupe. Its a watchmakers loupe.

[@guismth]

Ha! Mono is a disease.. any guitar player will tell you ;) Great vid, infomative. Thank you!

[@chayonneperalta2199]

Excelente🌈❤❤❤

[@ericochoa4034]

In all honesty there are some cheap Chinese scopes that are even cheaper that give those thousand dollar ones a run for there money. You don't need to spend thousands unless you have a hole burning through your pocket. The only advantage those thousand dollar scopes have is slightly better optics and the sticker that says made in Germany. Don't buy the hype with those your just getting ripped off!

[@420WEED69]

12:50 MASTODON IVORY ART , you'd use the higher power to do DOT STIPPLING