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Prism Box

Type Assembly
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A) Prism Box Parts

A) Prism Box Parts
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B) Countersink holes
Countersink holes for 2-56 flat head screws. The metal is too thin for full depth countersink. Just stop when you start to enlarge the clearance hole out the other side. The thicker Prism Box Lid will accept a full depth countersink. The remaining depth is tapped 2-56 so you can screw in a flat-headed screw pointing out ofn the box and the screw head will not rise above the inside surface of the box and scratch the glass prisms.

B) Countersink holes
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C) Attach Front, Back
test that parts fit together

C) Attach Front, Back
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D) Place PBS cubes and RA prisms

D) Place PBS cubes and RA prisms
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E) Place Spacer Cubes

E) Place Spacer Cubes
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F) Place spacer wedges

F) Place spacer wedges
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G) Attach Cover

G) Attach Cover
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I) ND filter taped over the relay lens.
Prism_Box_Frame version 2 will have room for ND filter and 75mm lens both inside hole. Lay filter directly on pbs cube. Then lay flat side of lens directly on filter. Then screw in retainer ring.

I) ND filter taped over the relay lens.
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H) Prism box with lenses
The numbers show the focal lengths of the lenses (in millimeters).

H) Prism box with lenses
Parents
Parts
NameManufacturerVendorRequiredStockCost
Filter ND absorptionNT48-532Edmund Optics1$22.00
Lensplano-convex, f=75Newport Corporation1$35.00
Lensachromat, f=20mmThorlabs1$38.00
Lens adapter 8mmcustom shopVarious machine shops1$10.00
Polarizing Cube BeamsplitterPBS-810-050CVI/Melles Griot2$220.00
prism box covercustom shopVarious machine shops1$50.00
Prism box framecustom shopVarious machine shops1$200.00
prism box frontcustom shopVarious machine shops1$20.00
prism box rearcustom shopVarious machine shops1$20.00
prism spacer cubecustom shopVarious machine shops2$20.00
prism spacer wedgecustom shopVarious machine shops2$25.00
Prism, RA05BR08Newport Corporation2$69.00
Retainer ringsSM05RRThorlabs6$5.10
retarder film1/2 WaveAnchor Optics0.5$11.05
Screw, SS Allen-cap6-32x7/8McMaster Carr4$0.07
Screw, SS Flat-head2-56x3/16McMaster Carr6$0.06
Screw, SS Flat-Head 4-40x1/2McMaster Carr2$0.04
Screw, SS Flat-Head 2-56 x 3/4" McMaster Carr1$0.05
Estimated cost: $1099.89
 

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last changed 2011/04/24 20:39