This is description of this part:
Gear shaft and longitudinal manipulator (knob / control knob) that drives the rack gear and, as a result, moves the upper plate of the round rotating microscope stage used in Carl Zeiss Jena L-Stativ class microscopes.
Additionally, this microscope part features a locking lever. Once the lever is engaged, the control knob can no longer be turned, locking the upper plate of the microscope stage in the desired position. The operation of this mechanism can be seen in the video available in the video gallery.
This is a service replacement part intended for repairing a microscope stage in which this particular component has been damaged. It is not a complete microscope stage.
These rotating stages were used in L-Stativ class microscopes, including:
- Carl Zeiss Jena Lg
- Carl Zeiss Jena Lumipan
- Carl Zeiss Jena Lu
- Carl Zeiss Jena Lr
Please remember that microscopes and microscope parts manufactured by the Soviet company LOMO were often clones of Carl Zeiss Jena products. Therefore, this component may also fit a Lomo microscope stage, but the dimensions should always be compared very carefully before purchasing.
Carl Zeiss Jena manufactured these rotating stages from the 1930s until approximately the end of the 1960s. During that period many small design details were modified, so it is very important to correctly identify the stage model from which this component was removed.
- every photo in the gallery includes a millimetre scale
- the last photos show the microscope stage disassembled, with an arrow indicating exactly where this component is located
- the final photos also show the complete Carl Zeiss Jena Lg microscope fitted with this stage
All of this allows you to visually confirm that this is exactly the component you are looking for.
What is this part needed for?
- as a repair part by replacing the entire damaged element
- if you have a microscope stage where this element still works but is of very poor quality.
