{"id":1705,"date":"2018-02-26T10:55:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T15:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/practicalbits.com\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2019-07-31T12:03:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T16:03:04","slug":"rso-biology-the-microscope-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/practicalbits.com\/?p=1705","title":{"rendered":"RSO Biology: The microscope kit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I offered the biology with lab class to our coop, it turned out to be quite, quite popular &#8211; which meant we were going to need at least 2 microscopes.<\/p>\n<p>Our coop rents space, so all classes have to put everything in two shared storage cabinets between sessions. I had to figure out how to protect and store our precious scopes! Hard sided microscope cases are outrageously expensive, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatscopes.com\/act018.htm\">these guys had a great tutorial<\/a> on how to DIY an inexpensive microscope case. Here&#8217;s how I made mine:<\/p>\n<p>Materials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>toolbox (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.homedepot.com\/p\/Homer-19-in-Tool-Box-Orange-193373\/206825717\">I got one for $8 from Home Depot<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>foam padding<\/li>\n<li>foam glue<\/li>\n<li>something to cut your foam to size<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cut and arrange pieces to your satisfaction &nbsp;<em>before<\/em>&nbsp;gluing.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Cut a rectangle to cover the base of the toolbox.<\/li>\n<li>Cut pieces to line the sides of the toolbox.<\/li>\n<li>Cut a piece to cover the interior of the toolbox lid. Make sure the lid still closes properly with this piece in place <em>and<\/em> with a scope inside.<\/li>\n<li>Lay the microscope in the box and see how it fits. I cut an extra piece of foam to support the eyepiece and neck of the scope since it lays on its side while in the box.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Glued all the foam pieces to the box in a well-ventilated area, because my adhesive fumes were nasty. Let dry overnight.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Et voila<\/em>, a sturdy storage\/carrying case for my microscope for about $15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I offered the biology with lab class to our coop, it turned out to be quite, quite popular &#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[58,66,27,57],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/practicalbits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/practicalbits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/practicalbits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practicalbits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practicalbits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1705"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/practicalbits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1868,"href":"https:\/\/practicalbits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1705\/revisions\/1868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/practicalbits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practicalbits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/practicalbits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}