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Below is a step by step guide to assembling the Hurricane-Rig.
Remember that this is a precision optical instrument.
Excessive force can bend critical parts. If treated well it
should give many years of reliable service.
Further Information can be found at www.hurricane-rig.com
ASSEMBLY STEP 1:
Start by attaching your tripod plate to the base of the top camera
platform assembly (which incorporates the interaxial and convergence
adjusters). It is best if your tripod plate is attached towards the front of
the assembly as the rig will tend to be front heavy. The front of this
assembly is the end away from the small convergence adjuster knob.
Once the tripod plate is attached, mount the top camera platform on
your tripod. It is easiest to build the rig when it is mounted on a tripod.
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Summary of Contents for GENUS Hurricane-Rig
- Page 1 Below is a step by step guide to assembling the Hurricane-Rig. Remember that this is a precision optical instrument. Excessive force can bend critical parts. If treated well it should give many years of reliable service.
- Page 2 STEP 2: Insert the long stainless steel rods into the top camera platform. You may need to loosen the gold locking tabs. Do not tighten the locking tabs at this stage, simply insert the rods into the camera platform assembly. STEP 3: Now attach the square front rail.
- Page 3 Confirm the orientation of the front rail. When the rig is viewed from the front there should be a vertical hole immediately to the left of the each of the holes that the top rods are inserted into. Refer to the picture above and the picture in step 4 if you are unsure.
- Page 4 STEP 4: Now add the lower camera platform rods and assembly to the square front rail. This should be slightly to the left of the main rods as can be seen in the pictures below. Start by inserting one of the short stainless steel rods into the square front rail so that the safety stop screw is at the top.
- Page 5 Now slide this assembly on to the short rod attached to the front square rail so that the both short stainless steel rods now go into the square rail. Secure the remaining two gold locking tabs on the lower platform assembly using finger pressure.
- Page 6 The safety stop screw will prevent the lower camera platform assembly from dropping out of the square rail while you tighten the two allen (hex) head securing bolts (arrowed below) using only hand pressure, do not over-tighten.
- Page 7 The mirror is orientated so that the metal corner fillets of the inner mirror frame face forwards and the Genus logo on the top of the frame is the correct way up. The shafts have to go very evenly into the the rail brackets.
- Page 8 STEP 7: Attach the fold flat hood to the mirror frame using the 2 plastic thumb screws (arrowed below) on each side of the mirror frame, 4 screws in total, again these need only be finger tight. The sliding camera baffle should be inserted into the guides on the back of the hood prior to securing the hood to the frame.
- Page 9 STEP 9: Finally mount the cameras by attaching the quick release base plates to the cameras and then slide the cameras on to the rig. Slide the top camera up to the baffle so that it's lens just goes through the hole in the baffle.
- Page 10 The cameras/lenses should be centered over the mounting plates for maximum stability. The entire camera platform can be slid along the rod by slackening the gold tabs. Once you have positioned the cameras and camera platforms tighten all the gold tabs, 6 on the top platform and 4 on the lower.
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