This is description of this part:
The stand column holder with the coarse focus rack forms the fixed part of the focusing body of the Lomo MMU-3 metallurgical reflected-light microscope.
This microscope part performs two essential functions:
- mounting the microscope body onto the stand column
- providing coarse focus (macro movement) along the permanently mounted rack
More precisely, this assembly consists of the following components:
- stand column clamp
- stand column locking screw
- dovetail guide on which the microscope body with the optics moves
- rack on which the microscope body with the optics moves
Please note:
- the original Cyrillic designation of this model is: ЛОМО ММУ-3
- for people using the Latin alphabet who know that the manufacturer is "Lomo", it visually appears as: Lomo MMY-3
- however, the original designation is pronounced: Lomo MMU-3
The last photograph in the gallery includes an arrow indicating exactly which microscope part is being offered and where it is installed inside the microscope, making it easy to identify this component unambiguously.
What is this part needed for?
- if you have a Lomo MMU-3 microscope body without this component (this is possible if the previous owner used it on a custom-made stand)
- if you already have this component but it is incomplete, damaged or in poor condition
- if you only need one of its individual components, for example only the mounting screw or only the rack
- if you own a Lomo MMU-3 microscope stand but would like to adapt it as part of your own DIY project to mount the body of another microscope