magnifying set up?

Magnifying lamp.  Mine clips to the corner of my desk.

Sounds perfect, I dont want to sound silly but, where can I get one? Does it work well for you?

Try Micro-Mark.com, Amazon.com  or ebay. I've had mine for about 15 years and it works great .

Mine wasn't a hobby one, I got it from a surplus/overstock tools store.  Its marketed for being attached to a table saw, so they sell it for $20.

I use a combined magnifier and lamp- a round fluorescent tube with about a four inch magnifier in the middle.  The mounting arm is articulated with adjustable tension knobs. I really recommend a lamp like this for good model lighting. I found mine at a local building supply store (Menards).  I also use 2 diopter reading glasses.  If I have those on, and look through the lamp magnifier, I REALLY get a closeup view.

The magnifier/lamp I picked up recently is my third. I have been using that kind of lamp now for over forty years, and swear by it.

Being nearsighted I just have to remove my glasses to see fine detail work. However, I have had a major problem when it came to holding small PE parts or soldering and tinning wire. I started looking for a good set of third hands, but did not like the sets with alligator clips as they will not hold thin wire well. After looking for a couple of weeks I found what is called a Jewelers stork on Ebay. It's a bit more pricey then the third hand sets you get at the hobby shop but it's far superior imo.

I also have more problems these days with finger agility than with eyesight.  I can always add more magnification.  But when I use both my closeup glasses and my big magnifier I can see parts that I cannot work with.  So I also have holding hardware and several good tweezers.  Even so, when doing very fine work like PE I find that after awhile my fingers break into tremors, and I have to take a break for awhile.  Rigging, also.  During those sort of tasks my building time gets more limited, alternating building with doing something else for periods.

I feel for you, the older I get the higher the power of specs I have to buy from Wally-World.  The good news is, I can't see the mistakes anyway.