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<p>[QUOTE="TyCobb, post: 3333814, member: 99137"]I believe what is trying to be conveyed is that graders don't use that level of magnification. If you can't see at 5-10x, then it's not going to be attributed as a doubled/tripled/etc. die. </p><p><br /></p><p>You need to take the magnification down a few notches because (and this is not intended to be insulting) you are starting to see things that are not there. It's very easy for this to happen because you start to see all of the flow lines of the metal itself and they can even give some weird patterns that can screw with your eyes. </p><p><br /></p><p>I myself ran into this and eventually unhooked the microscope and went with a 30x loupe. Yes this is still way too much, but it's less than a microscope and I find it more comfortable with my glasses, but I still do a final look over with only 5x.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TyCobb, post: 3333814, member: 99137"]I believe what is trying to be conveyed is that graders don't use that level of magnification. If you can't see at 5-10x, then it's not going to be attributed as a doubled/tripled/etc. die. You need to take the magnification down a few notches because (and this is not intended to be insulting) you are starting to see things that are not there. It's very easy for this to happen because you start to see all of the flow lines of the metal itself and they can even give some weird patterns that can screw with your eyes. I myself ran into this and eventually unhooked the microscope and went with a 30x loupe. Yes this is still way too much, but it's less than a microscope and I find it more comfortable with my glasses, but I still do a final look over with only 5x.[/QUOTE]
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