The sequence
of erecting the microscope is depicted in the images that follow in numerical order(click to enlarge):
- The instrument is tilted up part way
- Once tilted part way up, it is pushed a short distance down its dovetailed track so that,
when the microscope is now fully vertical, the second part of the folding dovetail fitting can engage the track
- Next the entire assembly
is slid down to the middle of the track, engaging the second portion of the dovetail fitting of the foot, allowing full support to the microscope
- The optical tube is now pulled up fully inside the arm to allow the stage to rotate into place
- The chrome piece that will hold
the stage in place is rotated out of the way
- The stage can then be rotated up
- The chrome piece is then rotated into position, firmly
securing the stage in place
- The Mirror may now be rotated into position
- The optical tube can now be pushed down into to a working
distance from the stage, and its tube can be extended
- The substage condenser can now be swung into the optical axis if desired