Working with CF Vacuum Flanges | Thorlabs Insights

[@chromarti]

Nice instructional video! One thing that I do differently is to not completely tighten the flanges, i.e. stop before they touch. Then, if I find a leak later, perhaps after baking the system, I can slightly tighten the bolts to eliminate it. If you tighten completely in the first instance there is no 'wiggle room' to correct any small leaks later.

[@dtiydr]

10:08 There are special tools for this that use one of the gasket clips grooves, never use common tools for this as I have learned my self and by old timers and stick to.