Mazak Micro Slant 15 Retrofit

This is my latest "masterpiece", 14 of 2N2222 transistors with 14 of 2.7KOhm resistors stuck on an arduino nano break out board to invert the outputs from Mesa 7i77 and 7i84. Took 2 afternoons, mostly scavenging resistors, luckily i had over 40 transistors and 4 of those arduino boards.
Now to make another one and hope and pray i do not need any more of those.
Getting old, glasses are mandatory, but still not as before, damn it i had perfect eyesight!
Just in case, check what manufacturer made those 2N2222 as i had to desolder everything once, OnSemi manual has the wrong pinouts for my version!

I use a bench magnifier for soldering, I prefer it to spectacles.
But then I am in denial that I need spectacles.
It's just for convenience that I have bifocal safety glasses and lenses in my welding helmet.

The latter are a _real_ boon for TIG. and very cheap from eBay. The best search term seems to be "welding dioptre"

am I the only one who likes using a 10X jeweler's' loupe?

Thank you for reminding me, about 3 years ago i spent over a week looking for one of those that mount on the table and also have lights, could not find it! Someone told me to look for it at pharmacies, i was so desperate that i did look despite that being wrong advise!
Still do not have one.
We have an online shop that has pretty much everything as they are directly sourcing stuff from Czech republic, but the search function proved useless, have a try
www.gjirafa50.com
In albanian that would be :
lup
zmadhuese
drit pune
thjerrz
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Good luck !

Wander into a nail salon and ask where they get theirs from?

I assume that Amazon is no good to you either?
I bought this one this summer, I had an older one with a fluorescent tube, but it gets rather hot in use and so I wanted an LED one.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B086VHPYLS

Amazon does not deliver to Kosovo, and if i choose Albania i get a customs fee of masive proportions!
Give it a try and select Albania see what quote you get.