AmScope Lens Containers and LED Mounting Ring

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These are the .STL files for generating lens holders for AmScope microscope lenses. The source files are on [github](https://github.com/yoppeh/amscope-lens-containers). This all started when I tried to use the adapter for the 0.5x Barlow lens to allow the LED ring to be attached. The adapter wouldn't stay screwed in to the lens. I decided to take some measurements and 3d print my own. While I was at it, I decided to make some containers for the lenses: I had a 0.5x and a 2.0x Barlow that I wouldn't use simultaneously, and 10x and 30x eyepieces I wouldn't use simultaneously. Amscope sent me nothing to store them in, so I made some measurements and designed some containers. I had to tweak these sizes away from the measurements I made. That's to be expected and you may have to do some tweaking of your own. The lenses should have some space so that they slide in and out of the containers with no resistance--just air. But there shouldn't be so much play that they bang around. The LED ring adapter is the trickiest one, since it is 3d-printed threads. You should be able to screw the lens onto the 3d-printed adapter, but without hearing squeaking from too tight a fit. It should also not be so loose that it falls out of the lens. FOR ALL OF THESE PARTS, EXPECT TO MAKE INITIAL PRINTS AND THEN HAVE TO ADJUST THE DIMENSIONS IN SMALL STEPS UNTIL THINGS FIT PROPERLY!! The .STL files included here are the final versions that ended up working for me, but that doesn't mean they will necessarily be right for you. I hope they are! I suspect with time, the threaded adapter will lose its threading due to degradation from use. But it's cheap to print another one (if not somewhat time-consuming getting the right fit).