Microscope Optics Housing Unit

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Design Challenge: Create Affordable, Easy-to-Assemble Housing Unit for Evaluating Microscope Optics. Justification: The easily modifiable design allows for the use of various size and focal length lenses, enabling modification for low- or high-powered magnification. This tool's versatility spans education in biology or physics to practical field applications. Furthermore, the materials required for construction are affordable and easily replaceable, ensuring long-term usability. Design Features: • The easily removable optics workbench enables experimentation with various lenses and lens configurations at different positions and focal distances. • A movable stage allows further adjustments in distance between specimen and objective lens. • A rotating mirror aligns sunlight through the stage. • An adjustable aperture controls the amount of light coming through the specimen. • A sliding drawer in the base provides storage for slides and samples (additional file). • Tension bars maintain position. • Many design aspects can be easily removed and replaced if broken. • An alignment tool ensures correct angling during assembly and leveling optics. Changeable Parts: • The size of lenses in optics pieces • The number of lens pieces Included Files: • Design for housing unit (.svg) • Design for additional drawers for base (.svg) • Instructional drawings (.pdf) • Written instructions with pictures (.pdf) • Pictures of completed unit (.jpg) • Video of particular design aspects: https://youtu.be/JIwJpVcMr1Y Design Based on 1/8 Inch (3mm) Material. Example Depicted Was Cut on a Glowforge Using Particle Board / Plywood. Designs and Instructional Drawings Created on Inkscape Software, Version 0.92.3. Mirror in Example Purchased from Wish Geek. Original Design Based on 7mm Laser Pointer Lenses. Design Challenge Proposed by Dr. Richard Siderits.