Digital microscope mount for Ikea Tertial balanced-arm

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My Local IKEA had these lamps on sale for $6.99 and I thought this would make the perfect ARM for my cheap Amazon Digital microscope. I had got the microscope primarily for soldering. It turned out to be a really good microscope except for one problem- The stand that came with it does not allow you to raise the microscope up enough to get a good field of view and so it was zoomed in so much that you can only see a very small portion of your work at a time. I was literally only able to see 2-3 pins of a connector at a time and would have to move my project multiple times to solder a header of 10-12 pins. I decided to try this arm out as it would allow me to not only put it at any height but I could also move it around while working. The mount I designed is simple and takes a little over an hour to print. I printed in ABS and used 60% infill but it could be printed with any material you wish. Installation was simple, I just unscrewed the light head from the Tertial mount and removed the wiring. I then screwed in my mount to the Tertial and mounted the microscope using the set screws that came with the original microscope base/mount. The microscope I have is this one below but I believe it would work with just about any digital microscope of similar design. https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Microscope-50x-1200x-Magnification-Microscopes/dp/B08R5KDZLH/ref=sr_1_3?crid=22Z97ZHE0758J&dchild=1&keywords=digital+microscope+with+screen&qid=1630974803&sprefix=digital+microscope%2Caps%2C234&sr=8-3). Enjoy