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# Mount the optics and the microscope

## For this section you will need:

### Tools

- 1 2.5mm Ball-end Allen key

### Sub-Assemblies

- 1 complete optics module
- 1 microscope with assembled actuators
- 1 prepared microscope stand

### Mechanical Components

- 4 M3x10 cap head screws

## Step 1: Mount the optics

- Get the 2.5mm Ball-end Allen key ready
- Take the complete optics module and pass it through the bottom of the microscope.
- Insert exposed the mounting screw on the optics module through the keyhole on the z-actuator.

- Insert the Allen key through the teardrop shaped hole on the front of the microscope. Until it engages with the mounting screw.
- Slide optics module up the keyhole as high as it will go.
- Tighten the screw with the Allen key to lock the optics in place.

## Step 2: Mount the microscope

- Place the microscope onto the microscope stand.
- The lugs on the microscope should sit on the lugs of the stand.
- Use four M3x10 cap head screws to fix the microscope in place using the same Allen key

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