I don't know if this counts as DIY but I'm trying out a "Manfrotto magic arm" camera mount to hold up a microscope head. The contact is made simply with a strong vice grip onto the focus slider that previously sat in an articulating arm stand.
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This satisfies 2/3 of my criteria from a microscope stand:
- Good: doesn't take much bench space.
- Good: isolated from bench vibrations (attached to nearby shelf.)
- Bad: Sensitive to vibrations from contact with the head.
This seems to be breathing new life into my old microscope. I didn't think that I had space for it and planned to give it away. Now I can use it as the objective lens for my autofocus camera for inspection from oblique angles (via a monitor without using the eyepieces or touching the head.) I can also make it available to my kids when they are co-habitating the lab