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  1. Clean six unfrosted slides by washing them with hot water and wiping them off with a kimwipe and isopropyl alcohol. Then blow dry with the air gun.
    1. If slides are stuck together, let them soak in hot water. They should separate easily after a day.
  2. Set the clean slides on the jig's chuck face over the vacuum grooves. There should be no spaces between any of the sides (Fig. 2).
    1. If there are spaces the vacuum will not seal properly.


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Figure 2


     3. Connect vacuum hose to the right forward vacuum plugin (Fig. 3).



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Figure 3


4. Check oil level in the vacuum pump under the counter.

5. Turn on vacuum pump with the button labeled Vacuum under the joystick on the LP50.

6. Close valve to the left of the vacuum gauge (Fig. 4).

7. The vacuum is less than 150mbar (Fig. 4). It should be in the green portion of the gauge.



Vacuum ValveExhaust FlapVacuum Gauge
Figure 4

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