DIY Microscope Arm, upgrade your (Cheap) Electronics Microscope

I absolutely love my cheap AliExpress USB Microscope with build in LCD, but was going totally bonkers when trying use it with larger boards and sometimes even when doing some solder work under it due to the limited space you have when using it with the original stand.

Which is why I decided to come up with a solution to turn this cheap microscope into something (very) useful for an Electronics Lab/Workbench.

This (kinda) also turned out to be a mini review of this microscope (not to much into depth though), but If you would like me to make a full more detailed review of this microscope, then please just let me know in the comments bellow.

Download link to my Microphone Arm Adapter for this Microscope (3/8″ Thread):
https://www.teamxnl.com/xnl-microscop...

AliExpress link to this microscope:
https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/100500...

NOTE: As we all know, links on AliExpress can change or just disappear at any given time. And it has also happened before that a link to a product on AliExpress suddenly changed in to a different product from one day to another, so please keep this in mind!

Link to the Millennium DS150 on the Thomann website (German store):
https://www.thomannmusic.com/milleniu...

What if I don't have a 3D printer?
You could of course also try to modify the original stand which came with the microscope so you can mount it onto the/a microphone arm, or make something out of a different material like wood for example.

This video is mainly intended to show my project and how I did it, and to (hopefully) inspire others to improve their workflow with a microscope like this😊

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Keywords: Cheap Chinese Microscope, Chinese Microscope with LCD, AliExpress Microscope with LCD, DIY Microscope arm, workbench microscope, cheap electronics microscope.

Timestamps:
00:00 Project Teaser/Intro
00:31 Future Big Project(s) Announcement
01:02 Project Start & Microscope Overview/'Review'
01:47 Why do I consider it a novelty (with the original stand)?
02:15 The Microphone Arm (Millenium DS150)
03:04 Installing the Microphone Arm
03:29 My 3D Printed Microscope Adapter
03:50 Installing the USB cable & Plastic Welding
04:42 Lock Nut Issue
04:56 Project Result (basic)
05:20 Price comparison (vs Adonstar AD407)
05:32 My final view and reasoning behind this project
06:04 Outro With Sophie Our Office Pigeon