Hi everyone! I’m new to this world, so this is a total newbie post and my very first contribution. It might be pointless, but it’s working right now, so… why not 
If something doesn’t make sense, just tell me — I’m here to learn and improve.
here’s the story:
I built the high-resolution motorized microscope about a week ago and started experimenting. Autofocus is great, but a bit slow, and sometimes it’s not optimal for what I’m doing. In some cases I want to focus on a very specific point or depth, and autofocus kind of does its own thing.
So I started playing with the microscope by unmounting the autofocus motor and tilting the gear by hand. Everything works fine, and it made me think it would be nice if the motor could be removed easily. That’s why I made a small customization.
This piece is an adapter for the motor, mounted in the original motor socket (See below).
Using a couple of magnets, the motor can be attached and detached easily.
And… that’s it. Autofocus still works, and when I need manual focusing I just detach the motor and keep going on manual.
It’s late right now, but I’ll build a proper offload motor holder one way or another as soon as possible.
And last but not least if someone finds this useful and needs the STL, just ask 