That's a bargain. I got one from Amazon years ago but the quality isn't no where near the one you have. You really help me spend my money! Thanks for the review ✌️
I have a similar scope but with a different mount and I remounted it on an angle poise arm so I can zoom it around my bench with no component size restriction, very useful.
Just add a ceramic tile or 2 in the base to add weight. A couple of LED lamps pointing down at 45 degrees from each side will remove the glare. It looks like you could then remove that piece of illuminated plastic giving more space underneath. Remember, normal HD TV at 1920 x 1080 pixels is only 2 Megapixels, so resolution should be good.
I'm going to do more experiments with it I think. One is going to be trying 2 side lights. I was thinking a lump of metal in the base but a ceramic tile would be easier to find and cut. Good idea.
If you want a heavy but insulating material, I've had good results with slate. It's available as floor tiles, and you may be lucky enough to find offcuts from friends who've installed slate tiles. Abrasive cutting blades are available to cut slate with a hand hacksaw or a power jigsaw. Masonry drill bits will make holes in it.
You can cut the plastic foot in two, and connect it to an arm. Then you can move the microscope around. Other Temu microscopes have the screen and the lense separated from the plastic where you assemble it all together. Temu is selling arms for these ones that you can use with the lense and screen.
Not too bad really, I built a standards converter using a scrap russian stereoscopic optical microscope and would've found even this budget offering a real boon, I've just invested not many more pounds in a hd 4k job from our friends at AliExpress, going to be very useful, once I've changed the mains plugs to British standards ones..
I have one but without a screen. Good and bad. Good becouse they have awesome magnification, realy good for inspection. And for me i can use it as a handheld so i can use it on any size board. Bad, i can't work under it becouse there is no depth perseption.
Did you try the PC camera mode with Linux? If so, did it work? I tested a Tomlov microscope on Linux, with limited success. The image appeared but the brightness and contrast was wrong, and the controls had no effect.
Thanks for continuing doing interesting videos! 😊 Haven't had time for a month, so now it's binge watching your latest videos!
Lol, thank you. I have plenty of ideas for more videos. Thanks for watching.
That's a bargain. I got one from Amazon years ago but the quality isn't no where near the one you have. You really help me spend my money! Thanks for the review ✌️
Although it was very cheap and does have some limitations I was surprised how good it was for so little money.
I like it. It made me look at Temu to see their various other scopes.
If you choose carefully you can get some good bargains amongst the junk.
I have a similar scope but with a different mount and I remounted it on an angle poise arm so I can zoom it around my bench with no component size restriction, very useful.
That's a very good idea. I didn't think it would be up to much for £18 but it's surprisingly good. Thanks for watching.
Looks great for inspecting surface mount soldering, at least as long as your soldering is no further than 2" from the edge of the board.
Just add a ceramic tile or 2 in the base to add weight. A couple of LED lamps pointing down at 45 degrees from each side will remove the glare. It looks like you could then remove that piece of illuminated plastic giving more space underneath.
Remember, normal HD TV at 1920 x 1080 pixels is only 2 Megapixels, so resolution should be good.
I'm going to do more experiments with it I think. One is going to be trying 2 side lights. I was thinking a lump of metal in the base but a ceramic tile would be easier to find and cut. Good idea.
If you want a heavy but insulating material, I've had good results with slate. It's available as floor tiles, and you may be lucky enough to find offcuts from friends who've installed slate tiles. Abrasive cutting blades are available to cut slate with a hand hacksaw or a power jigsaw. Masonry drill bits will make holes in it.
You can cut the plastic foot in two, and connect it to an arm. Then you can move the microscope around. Other Temu microscopes have the screen and the lense separated from the plastic where you assemble it all together. Temu is selling arms for these ones that you can use with the lense and screen.
Great review! Are you going to make a video about the Kindle Fire repair?
Quite possibly. It's only a screen change though. Nothing wrong with the electronics.
Not too bad really, I built a standards converter using a scrap russian stereoscopic optical microscope and would've found even this budget offering a real boon, I've just invested not many more pounds in a hd 4k job from our friends at AliExpress, going to be very useful, once I've changed the mains plugs to British standards ones..
Nice little device. I like my optical devices, e.g. magnification glasses, better in that range. But I have to admit, they can’t take photos…
Despite it being very cheap I was surprised how good it was for the money.
Sweet!
Thank you.
I have one but without a screen. Good and bad.
Good becouse they have awesome magnification, realy good for inspection.
And for me i can use it as a handheld so i can use it on any size board.
Bad, i can't work under it becouse there is no depth perseption.
That's interesting information. I'm going to do more experiments with it.
Thanks!
You're welcome.
Is there any way to separate the top from the bottom? Scope from the base?
There doesn't seem to be an obvious way but I'm going to try that.
Did you try the PC camera mode with Linux? If so, did it work? I tested a Tomlov microscope on Linux, with limited success. The image appeared but the brightness and contrast was wrong, and the controls had no effect.
No, only on Windows.