Leica Leica VT1200S manual Inserting the Blade Adjusting the Clearance Angle

5.Working with the Instrument

5.4.5 Inserting the Blade

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Fig. 20

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11

9

Fig. 21

5.4.6 Adjusting the Clearance Angle

Fig. 22 12 13 14

The blade holder can be used for ra- zor blades, injector blades and sap- phire blades (universal blade holder).

•Insert a size 3 Allen key sideways into the blade holder through the hole (8) and rotate it 90° clockwise.

Clamp the blade as follows:

•Insert the provided size 3 Allen key from the top through the opening (10) into the blade holder (11) and open the blade holder (BH).

•Hold the entire razor blade (9) (not separated) on the left and right with both hands and in- sert it into the blade holder – Hook in the blade over bottom pressure plate (see Fig. 21).

•Clamp down the BH by turning the size 3 Allen key clockwise until hand-tight.

The clamping screw (11) on the blade holder must not be tightened too much!

Now return the blade holder to the cutting position.

•To do so, insert a size 3 Allen key sideways into the blade holder through the hole (8) and rotate approx. 90° counterclockwise.

For more information about adjusting the clear- ance angle, see Fig. 22.

•Insert a size 3 Allen key sideways into the blade holder through the hole (8) and rotate it to the desired clearance angle mark.

12 – 15° 13 – 18° 14 – 21°

For 15°, the effective clearance angle is "0".

The most commonly used setting is 18° (13).

Leica VT1200 and VT1200S – Microtome 35