A Boy and His Microscope - A Love Story

Buy this microscope on AliExpress: goo.gl/XQX6s5 --- An in-depth look into the microscope I use for iPhone modifications, soldering, and other electronics adventures, and how you can buy one from SueMay, the seller I bought mine from in the Huaqiangbei electronics markets in Shenzhen, China.
I've looked and looked and looked, and I totally can't find which Still Untitled podcast episode I was referrring to. Sorry! If you know which one I'm talking about, leave it in the comments. And if I find it, or someone else does, I'll add a pinned comment pointing at it.
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[@mustafaahmed3693]

"Our tastes develop much faster than our skills." What great advice.

[@葛哥-h9y]

Have so many money by my advise

[@MusicBent]

The gap between taste and skill... Ira Glass of This American Life fame gave a fascinating interview in 2009 about good story telling where i believe he coined this idea : kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmPafYNmnt-YgKc Adam Savage and Tested have talked on multiple occasion about how anyone creating things experiences this gap: www.tested.com/art/makers/460018-ira-glass-gap-between-taste-and-skill/

[@twertas]

More like insight, not advise

[@igorhcc]

Mustafa Ahmed where's the link to the podcast?

[@drnrqsldch]

this was like wow, forget about the microscope that sentence is magic haha

[@greywolf271]

Your comment at about 7:02 about depth of field, need for binocular vision, etc might only be an individual preference. At work, I use a Tagarno with a monitor and never have that problem. You need to first position the tip close to the IC and then work your way to the joint. Works for me all the time. One issue I did have with a monitor initially was that if I had it sitting to the side, being able to relate to the workpiece in front of me was somewhat difficult. However once your brain reorients itself with a bit of practice, even this issue soon disappears. Interestingly, we also have a Nikon low power binocular microscope that we used previously. After I got used to the monitor, going back to a direct viewing glass scope was disconcerting.

[@WiiHaveDowns]

Another huge benefit of an optical microscope vs a screen based one is eye strain. When looking at a blown up image on a small screen your eyes will wear out insanely fast whereas the optics have eye relief

[@callumshotmail]

27 microscope orders already. I assume most are your viewers. Soo-mei is gonna make it after all 🎶

[@ReneNieuwenhuis]

chicken livers allready 107 sold 😀

[@ddegn]

I received mine last week and I love it.

[@retrobreutje]

Got mine too. Really great.

[@gkaradag11]

This is the first time I am ever commenting on a KZbin video but... the last part of your video where you talk about patience and our abilities growing much slower than expected kept me going several months ago and with practice I am somehow decent at what I do now. I just wanted to say thank you.

[@wmcmick]

I bought one of these a year and a half ago, it has helped immensely, so fun to use.

[@dannyfitzgerald1593]

Haven't looked at microscopes for electronics for a long while but $300 for a non branded scope of that spec seems like a steal! Buying one in the UK is extremely expensive, especially if you want a built in camera too!

[@cylepsycc1050]

I am so glad that your child dream coming true as you found an place filled with stuffs you like and need. I really like your positive attitude to each project you made, and each person you communicate with. Thank you very much for these contents and please do more.

[@perrywhitlow]

DUDE!!!!! you just made my whole day! i was one of the ones who emailed you and put notes in the comments section asking about your microscope, thank you! man your awesome!!! love the channel man keep up the good work!

[@jtcustomknives]

I own a hacko FX100 induction soldering station and it’s amazing. I also just bought that microscopic but mine came with the Barlow lens so the stand upright is taller. It’s the 3.5x-90x

[@rodolfoalvim]

watching about you childhood just got me to remember that i also dreamed to build a robot, with parts that i had at home as a plastic barrel of oil that i used to play with, thinking about how to put a floor polisher inside it... it doesn't make much sense today but it was a good remembrance, thanks to make me remember that...

[@rememberkarma]

Sue May is going to get hammered big time

[@guykhalat]

I truly enjoy the content you make, ever since i saw the original iphone video i realised i need to see more and when you started uploading a while back it made me really happy, so please keep up with the videos and content you make

[@GradyPeterson]

You described my childhood to a T. I had the same obsession with that boys life robot. Difference is, I was pretty good at soldering as a kid. That said, I preferred the 300-in-1 electronics boards (with springs and wires). Great channel, loving the videos.

[@StrangeParts]

I had those same 300-in-1 springboards. They were the best! Though they don't hold a candle to breadboards and arduino stuff now...

[@GradyPeterson]

Trying to get the kiddos into those sort of things. Can’t even imagine how much fun I’d have had as a kid with what we have today.

[@richardplatko7532]

Being the information is several years ago, I was wondering if Scotty, or anyone, has updated information about where and what to buy. Basically, I'm looking for an updated choice. Thanks . Thank for the video Scotty

[@zetapi]

Hey, Scotty! I absolutely love your videos and the amount of effort you put into the production of them. You have inspired me to look at the world of technology and electronics even closer than ever before and have given me an amazing insight into the great things that can be achieved by one person! Also... Android is the phone master-race. Sorry ;D

[@WKfpv]

$300 wow! That thing would have a prohibitive price in my country. On the other hand, man I'm loving your videos, can't stop watching.

[@PeterM0911]

This story about the microscope is amazing. Basically you just free advertised SueMay for the world and now she can extend her business. I mean, probably lot more people will buy this m.scope, because you used it. Everyone wins. The internet and social media could do so magnificent things if people would use them reasonably. Great video again.

[@davejacobsen3014]

Having taken microcell biology in the early seventies I learned how nice an expensive binocular microscopes in the classes are. But in those days they were expensive and mostly only pre med students purchased them.

[@simonstergaard]

Where is the link to aliexpress ?

[@StrangeParts]

Oh man, totally forgot! Thanks for the reminder - just added it to the description.

[@cambridgemart2075]

I have a lovely PZO MST130 microscope that I use for surface mount work; I struggled for a long time trying to solder under a magnifying glass, buying the PZO was a very good move. I would love to add the camera, but the only adapter I've found costs as much as the microscope from AliExpress!

[@tomkayak9752]

Too funny, I actually lit the couch on fire with my soldering iron!!!, I mean, my grandmothers couch, thrown out in the yard, and sprayed with the hose. I'm talking about an 1800s era couch (embarrassed). Dad was a little pissed!... and proud?

[@Flojoe6274]

1) RIP Radio Shack. Might need to explain that reference to anyone born before 2000. 2) You ran into doorjams but they let you sordor? Wish I had your parents. I couldn't cut nice butterflies and thry wouldn't let me cut my food (until I got a scholarship to college.) 3) You might have needed glasses. Or, you might be an Aspie, like me. But, who cares? You can now be a hero to all clumsy nerds, like the one I was anf you might have been. 4) Thank you. You make "strange parts" come together into amazing things and introduce us to amazing people...like you are now.

[@brianfindlay61]

I found your channel through the LTT colab. Glad you did it because since then I've been watching all your previous videos! Your Awesome, keep making great stuff!!

[@charlieronald2833]

His channel is getting awesome!

[@amiramares7313]

One of the most inspiring I’ve ever seen! Thanks ❤️🙏🏻

[@justin-en]

That Robot making magazine looked incredibly familiar. I was shocked to see that.

[@scottreid4637]

You are very much an inspiration and I would really like to pick your brain about setting up hacker spaces and all that other stuff and advice.keep up the great work with the videos

[@architect-_-8329]

Scotty Amazing videos pick up the amazing work. I hope one day I can bump into you in China one of this days.

[@dalinpowell7039]

Your such an inspiration Scotty, Thank you so much for being such a awesome influence,

[@jipvandervlis829]

This is just an eyeopening story and im amazed by your confidence

[@unarei]

where is the store link

[@StrangeParts]

Oh man, totally forgot! Thanks for the reminder - just added it to the description.

[@AKFORDAYS]

www.aliexpress.com/store/product/1080P-HDMI-digital-camera-0-7-4-5X-three-head-video-microscope-LED-adjustable-light-source/3210043_32836175023.html

[@elliothenderson9284]

loved this video and every video since the first iphone vid

[@unlokia]

Dear Scotty, you are *an amazing* man, so cheerful and positive, SO gifted and blessed. May God continue to bless you in your ventures, I love watching your videos - you are VERY much like me! Keep well, God bless you - be blessed! :) Matthew, England.

[@skinnwalk3r586]

I used my phones camera to fix my cpu socket on a z170 board 2 years ago, still works fine today

[@rwdplz1]

I figured out later the key to good soldering is a good iron, the crappy $6 hardware store irons do nothing to inspire confidence. I love my Hakko FX951

[@Mrcovert]

great video. i think there is no barlow reducer in the ali-express listing

[@bushidoway]

Funny thing.. as a dentist using a scope is way easier to visualize and I feel more confident when performing root canals.

[@ShortHandedNow]

"Good Guy Scotty" should be the new official standard for any good guy memes.

[@ivgenybitanski2225]

High quality video as always, keep it up Scotty, love Strange Parts!

[@DigBipper188]

So you're telling me *you've only burned the carpet with a soldering iron once!?* there's a reason we use lino wherever I work with molten metal.

[@namepending155]

Your story is inspirational. You can take it two ways, but I've heard most things can be mastered given a set amount of time. I think your advice aligns with that. Put in the time and the effort and you can achieve your goals. The real question is if you really want it. And it's not wrong to realize if something isn't wanted. Good videos. Great production. And you have awesome branding too. Keep up the good work!

[@malmyhill5456]

just bought one of these, love it many thanks and keep up the videos

[@UrskaFur]

*somehow EVERY video you do, gives me hope... Thank you for being awsome*

[@mohinderkaur6671]

seems like The camera also needs a 1/2 reducer if you are using a reducer on the object.

[@shonpettway51]

Excellent and thorough explanation; thanks.

[@fabusa123]

Great story, I'm considering buying a microscope in the near future, might have to think about getting this one.

[@DoganC.A.]

I love your videos! I watch these while I'm revising

[@aayushnakarmi1070]

Shopkeeper showed you the proodut, that's nice

[@MRWonderingHaggis]

My dreams as a kid was full stuff like this

[@tacaapaca]

This was a great video like all your videos and projects. Great work man.

[@dancingcomanche3951]

51 orders and counting. YAY... thanks for the info and mine is on it's way..

[@noodleszhang7777]

Hey, This is Noodles from China. I’ve watched few of your videos, actually I was working in Shenzhen 2 years ago. I just thought if you might need some help, I’d like to. Just because your video is inspiring. 😬

[@SarahKchannel]

A guys that always smiles I would love to meet one day in person :-) - You always look so positive ! Keep it up :D

[@matteldridge5581]

great video as always. love all your video's cant wait for another big project. will you be releasing a video with linus scotty, saw linus's video but would love to see your perspective on it

[@StrangeParts]

Yes! Should be the next video on my channel

[@GeekyPixels]

PC Made By Great person and also strange parts are also great person

[@win9878]

your channel is so good. and your are a kind person. best wish for you

[@SurfSunBeach]

microscope lady will love you forever.. 70 microscope orders in 2 days.,.

[@1shagg420]

I don't see the link for the video with Adam Savage on Tested. Am I missing it? Gotta see my bro Adam at work too!

[@Finister]

Cant stop watching your videos :)

[@ItsMeMas]

A fantastic collab

[@naota3k]

SueMay is a hero.

[@AFdaReaper]

Great videos man! You should do a video about a little of your background. I'd love to know how you got started with your adventures.

[@Didusaysmthin]

Great music choice ;) Love the videos, my favourite channel on youtube

[@ricofficial2082]

Hey i love watching the videos especially with the collab keep up the good work both of you.

[@infernomunky]

Bonsai and needlepoint represent! STAY WEIRD!

[@lucasc5622]

rest in peace radioshack

[@MariuszSnioncyNoname]

I really like your videos. Greatings from Poland.

[@joreal71]

Thank you for posting the details of your microscope. I was thinking of buying one when I watched your previous videos. I wish you share information on your soldering station as well if you haven’t post in your channel. I have just subscribed to your channel last night and I haven’t watched your other videos. And by the way, I also subscribed to Collin.

[@saleemahmed5297]

words of wisdom , thank you for the link of microscope.keep it up.

[@xo_jeancor.24]

Wow, what an EXCELLENT video keep going you have a great channel

[@bencooper5037]

Once again another awesome video

[@asysz]

dude, you're f*cking awesome. You're living an amazing life.

[@CanyonDavis]

I want one! Thanks for the link!

[@ErinVids]

Maybe I'm over-engineering this but could you do a single lens microscope and have an array of lights aiming down towards the subject, this way the higher your microscope the different colour it is? So for example as depth level 0(Highest Level) the object is lit by only the highest light(red) and the further down you go the more light sources are introduce and the colour are different? With input-lag, I can't remember the amount used for VR but surely matching or beating that latency would provide high quality results as well? I've got glasses and I've always felt microscopes make it harder for glasses users.

[@Bayati95]

been looking for thaaaat for ages thaaaank uuu

[@sheng21]

Yay new vid but how bout sd slot for iphone?

[@Alex_dlc]

I'd buy one with the strange Parts logo

[@MakerofThingss]

Dude! Awesome! Thank you so much! I've been looking for something exactly like this and that's a great deal!

[@jr8699]

Great video! Could you please make a video about your soldering station? I am looking for some Soldering Iron.. If you could help with the selection :). Thanks.

[@KonradTheWizzard]

Since it has not happened yet: I'm very happy with a Toolcraft ST-50A station, but this may not be available outside Germany. This is what you should look out for: I highly recommend you get a soldering station, not a simple soldering iron. While irons are great for cables and engraving you name into a piece of wood (DON'T do this with a station!), they are simply too hard to work with when doing electronics. Temperature: it should be fully regulated up to 450C (850F). Normally you will work at 300-350C (570-660F), but sometimes you have to solder on a large piece of metal and that sucks off the heat. Wattage: for electronics work 50W is plenty. You may want 80W if you work with relatively thick cables very often (>2mm thickness). 30W may be a bit on the under-powered side for some applications, while 100W is overkill. Too little can frustrate you and may destroy devices by taking too long, too much will destroy your solder and devices. Solder tips: you want a standardized station. Most of them use the small solder tips with a 4mm hole where you put them on the heat element of the iron, they are approx. 42mm long. The nice thing about this standard is that you don't have to buy the expensive original tips, but you can order a set of a dozen different ones for the same price. Solder tips, pt. 2: you want several different tips. There are the ones with pointed tips (looks like a sharpened pencil) - they are great for very small parts (SMD). The ones where a cylindrical tip is cut at an angle (making an elliptic surface) are the most versatile - you use them for soldering cables, through hole components, connectors, everything. There are different sizes of those - the side is equivalent to the size of the component you solder. There is a flat angled one giving you a very long contact line - it is useful if you have to create a very long line of solder. I have not figured out what the classic "screw driver" like tips are good for if you have the other ones. Accessories: use the copper wool tip cleaner, not the water+sponge one - the latter sucks off the heat and gives the solder time to oxydise again. Use no-clean flux (colophonium) - this does not mean it looks nice afterwards, it just means it does not etch away your PCB. For electronics: use very thin (0.5mm) solder with a flux core - makes life a lot easier. For cables you can use thicker (cheaper) solder. Lead based is easier to work with, but it is dying out (for good reasons). You will need lots of liquid flux. Don't buy it, it is horribly expensive - instead buy an empty eye dropper bottle, fill it with ethanol alcohol (~70% Vol) and add a small piece of colophonium, shake, wait an hour, shake again, done.

[@EJ.King01]

Hey am 1 of your big fan I have seen all your videos

[@louisgermain2499]

I really love what you do

[@duckyvirus]

Loaded her Aliexpress the moment you mentioned it. $300 is a STEAL. my one at work is $1800 and we have tons of issues with it

[@danio3334]

I love this guy!

[@lershac]

Thank you very much. Just pulled the trigger on this. A bargain!

[@ItachiRyu]

i know this video is almost 3 years old but i hope he has upgraded his hot air station lol

[@TonyPrado]

Great video!! Question, you mentioned the Boys Life magazine, were you a Boy Scout growing up? I’m an Eagle Scout so that was very interesting to hear!

[@fuuuuuutube]

dude keep the good work up

[@philliplopez8745]

Binocular vision is essential.

[@warrenrothschild2163]

Great video, and great advice.

[@muradasad6148]

Keep up the amazing videos. You're a legend 😁

[@kruppin]

In that case you didn't want a binocular microscope, it's called a trinocular microscope if it's able to output a third port for camera.

[@elerileigh7926]

I have a swift stereo 90 microscope, the focus adjustable base for it isn't working right, so i'm looking to mount it to a mic arm with a ring light. but I need to find one that can hold like 5 lbs

[@Medfamily_]

You inspire me a lot, thank you!

[@peanutheadslickerthanbadjo9740]

Love ya Scotty!

[@hishamnader8159]

man god bless you good man

[@shaneb395]

His channel is getting awesome! I was worried about what direction you would go but stuff like this is awesome. It would be cool to see how hard it would be to build your own desktop amplified from scratch and measure it vs cheap units in the market

[@dacodemonk]

That's cheaper than I thought it was going to be!

[@zak2189]

you didn't link the podcast in the description like you said you would!! :(

[@serkanduman2280]

Awesome video man !