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Assembling the prism pair compressor
Several gluing and customization jobs are required
1) Gluing job 1. Glue prisms to TRT3 post with cutout using norland 81 UV cure glue. First glue the bottom prism, flush to the top surface of the post cutout, and positioned at a right angle. Put a few drops of UV cure glue on post and place prism on top. Do this inside a V-block to ensure the angles are correct. Once the bottom prism has been glued down, glue to top prism at a distance of 39.3mm (between outside faces). Then glue mirrors to prisms. Hold the post in vice at correct orientation, place UV cure glue on prism and glue down mirror. Rotate post to glue second mirror.
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2) Attach the TRT3 post of the top plate of the KB1X1 kinematic mount using an AE8E25E internal to external 1/4 to 8/32 thread adapter. The Unfortunately the length of the thread adapter needs to be shortened by about two threads to let it fit inside the TRT3 post. We did this using a grinder. If anyone can find a shorter version of Thorlabs AE8E25E that would be great (inner thread, 8/32; outer thread, 14 - 20).
3) Assemble the bottom half of the kinematic mount with the KMCP plate and the TR1 post and UPH1 post holder. The bottom plate of the kinematic mount should be positioned in the KMCP plate such that the mirrors attached to the TRT3 post are on axis with the TR1 post. This happens when the bottom plate of the kinematic mount is pushed almost flush towards the near end of the KMCP plate.
4) Glue Gluing job 2: Glue single mirror and prism to polaris mirror mount, making sure orientation of both are correct. The side and back of the prism should be flush with the edges of top part of the mount.
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3) Attach this mirror mount to the top of the KB1X1 kinematic mount using a 8-32 screw and a nut.
4) Gluing job 3: Glue two mirrors and prisms to K1-2AH polaris mount (without thumb screws). First attach KCP2 centering plate to polaris mount. Glue one prism directly to the mount, flush with edge of the bottom part of the mount and with its back face 15.6 mm from the end of the top piece of the mount. You can use the KCP2 to align the prism with the edge of the bottom of the mount as shown below (the caliber measures the 15.6 mm distance).
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