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Tony
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Hello,
I have been interested in gaining practical experience in working with optics. In particular, I would like to become sufficiently adept to build, say, a microscope. I was hoping that there would be a do-it-yourself optics community (similar to electronics hobbyists), but am having trouble finding such resources and sources of parts. The only optics vendors I've found so far seem to be targeting researchers, meaning that the costs far exceed my "funds." Does anyone have any suggestions?
On a slightly different note, I am also interested in a chemistry kit to experiment with. I would greatly appreciate some advice on how to get started in both these areas.
To explain my background, I am a college senior in physics/electrical engineering. The optics/chemistry kits would be for personal exploration.
Thanks in advance,
-Tony
I have been interested in gaining practical experience in working with optics. In particular, I would like to become sufficiently adept to build, say, a microscope. I was hoping that there would be a do-it-yourself optics community (similar to electronics hobbyists), but am having trouble finding such resources and sources of parts. The only optics vendors I've found so far seem to be targeting researchers, meaning that the costs far exceed my "funds." Does anyone have any suggestions?
On a slightly different note, I am also interested in a chemistry kit to experiment with. I would greatly appreciate some advice on how to get started in both these areas.
To explain my background, I am a college senior in physics/electrical engineering. The optics/chemistry kits would be for personal exploration.
Thanks in advance,
-Tony