I assembled the TS cartridges for the 3IFO TMS using a modified procedure from that documented in D060370. I removed the big jacking screw that is used to pull flattening roller across the blade. Instead, I pulled the flattening roller out by hand. 

   This seemed to work better than using the screw jack because: 

      (1). It was much faster. Instead of several minutes to run the screw in and out, pulling by hand took just a couple of seconds to flatten the blade. 
      (2). There is little or no contamination generated by the hand pulling process. When using the screw jack one must continually lubricate the jacking screw with alcohol. As the jacking screw turns, it generates a large amount of aluminum shavings. These shavings mix with the alcohol to make a nasty paste, which drips on the optics table the puller is clamped to and the floor. The Teflon bearing the end of the jacking screw rides on also sheds during the pulling process. Both these contamination sources are eliminated when pulling by hand. 
      (3). The jacking screw is a source of binding. The turning of the jacking screw causes the two guide rods on the sides of the puller to twist. This twisting causes the guide rods to bind, which puts excess stress on the guide rods and the jacking screw. The hand pull greatly reduced this problem, but it did not eliminate it. 

   It did take some strength to pull the blade flat, but it was not excessive. There is a possibility the roller could snap back across the blade, without the screw jack holding it in place. However, there are notches cut into the sides of the puller, which the roller bearings drop into when the puller is fully engaged. The force of the blade pushing upwards holds the roller bearings into the notches very securely. In addition, there are holes on either side of the puller just inside the notches the roller bearings fit in. I put a pin through these two holes to act as a safety stop, should the bearings come out of the notches. 

   This process worked as well for disassembly as it did for assembly. The hardest part of the disassembly process was getting the roller bearings out of the notches.