Mantis Stereo Microscope

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Mantis Original
Mantis Right.JPG

Location: Clamped to soldering workbench
Ownership: MagLab (???)
Status: Fully Working
Usage Restrictions: None

Microscope
Type: Optical, Reflective, Stereo

Lighting: Built-in

Lens Slot 1
Vision Engineering M009

Magnification: 10X Objective
Working Distance: 41 mm ~ 1.6 in.
Field of View: 12 mm ~ 0.5 in.
Depth of Field: 2.5 mm ~ 0.1 in.

Lens Slot 2
No lens installed in this slot
References
Product Page
User Manual

The Mantis Stereo Magnifier Microscope is a low-magnification viewing system that is useful for inspecting small workpieces such as printed circuit boards. It was made by Vision Engineering, who now calls it the Original Mantis since it was discontinued and replaced by newer models.


Basic Operation

  1. Turn on the lighting using the rocker switch on the clamp base.
  2. Select a lens to use by pulling or pushing the lens selection lever on the left side of the microscope towards or away from you. The lens turret will rotate the selected lens into place.
  3. Move the microscope so that your workpiece is at the proper working distance for the lens. Check the infobox at the right of this page to find out the working distance for each installed lens.
  4. Adjust the focus by moving either the microscope or workpiece up or down.
  5. Adjust the pupillary distance using the adjustment knob on the right side of the viewport until the view fills your vision and your eyes are comfortable.


Cautions and Warnings

  • The incandescent light bulbs on the bottom of the viewer unit get very hot. Avoid touching them and turn them off after use.
  • Use a fan to blow away fumes when soldering under the microscope. Otherwise, the objective lens may become coated with debris.


Gallery

External Links

Stereo microscope on Wikipedia