Here it is! my home-made microscope! it took me at least 30 minutes or less to make this entire thing, it has a macgyver-esque design because it is all made entirely out of scrap parts,
parts included are:
-a lens from an old broken computer camera
-an LED
-battery pack from an old tv remote
-Tic-Tacs
-some wires
that's all and it works like an ace!
watch the video to see it in action!!
-cheers! - ⁰ℨ
P.S. Guess what the words are!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPRFxQb9EFk
cheers!
hahaha, i’ll try to find one, well i hope i can see it thru this bulky thing
actually you need 400x
actually you need 400x magnification to see individual spores.
Wow, I love that MacGyver
Wow, I love that MacGyver look! Impressive!
cheers!
hahaha, thanks 
cheers!
lol, this thing is not really a professional’s microscope, but you can surely see the fibers of the paper and the hairs of an ant or a leaf :D
wow, that’s impressive. I
wow, that’s impressive. I suggest you grow some paramecia and watch them moving around.
To grow them is very easy. Find a hay stack, grab a hand full of hay and put it in a jar with water (tab water would be ok) Then keep it warm and dark for a couple of days…2-3 days are enough. After that you can take some of the water and there they are…moving around in the water…
With a bit luck you also can find some ameba in that water, just look for shape shifters (no, i do not mean Constable Odo) 
Make sure you take a video of it 
cheers!
thanks! yeah! that’s awesome! i’ll make it, and maybe i’ll record it. i hope i can see them moving around!
nice
nice work MetalmonkeeLad, that’s fantastic!
Congrats
Hey metal, what is the wavelength of light used from the led? Any idea? A nice and simple project that you have made. Well done. Congrats.
thank you very much!
i didn’t actually measured the wavelength of the light, an act of simplicity. i’ve just stick 'em all together and there you go! a nice little microscope!
