Microscope Spacer

This is a spacer for the OMAX M615INV Portable Inverted Microscope 40x-400x. (Amazon, MicroscopeNet)
The spacer allows tissue flasks and petri dishes to fit on the stage by increasing the distance between the light condensor and the sample stage. You can adjust the height using the OpenSCAD or the Makerbot customizer. The original height is 19mm.

Parts

You can reuse the screws, washers and dowel from the original spacer or purchase additional ones with the links below.
Washer

• M3 Metric DIN 125 18-8 Stainless Steel Flat Washer
• McMaster-Carr 93475A210
  Screw
  • M3 6mm 18-8 Stainless Steel Metric Pan Head Phillips Machine Screw
  • McMaster-Carr 92000A116
    Dowel
  • M6 22mm Metric 18-8 Stainless Steel Dowel Pin
  • McMaster-Carr 91585A161

    Assembly

    Loosen the screw at the base of the light source to remove it from the base. Then unscrew the two philips head screws that attach the spacer to the battery case. Reassemble with your printed spacer.

    Files

    The OpenScad and STL files can be found on Github. Please feel free to make fixes, issues and submit pull requests.