digital microscope for poor eyesight

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6 June 2026 at 19:22 #851020
bernard towers
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I have been thinking of fitting a digital microscope to my Taig lathe for a while now but am a bit stumped as to the working distances at various magnifications. The usual ads show the scope to be pretty close to the work which is something I would like to avoid. Any help will be gratefully received .
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6 June 2026 at 20:15 #851026
Michael Gilligan
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Pepler Optics has a useful guide:

https://www.pepleroptics.com/infozone/category/guides/

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6 June 2026 at 23:11 #851034
John Haine
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Over on the HSN Forum someone has highly recommended the Tomlov products. Available on eBay at reasonable price. Used for viewing work on a small precision lathe, appears to have quite a long focal distance.
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