Going forward with adding the ability to used cross polarized light meant adding some lights and in the process I made some other adjustments.
Since I was adding lights to the roof of the scanner facing down I had to loose the shroud around the lens that was blocking flare from the lights. To solve the flare issue I added shades on each light which also blocks me from being blinded when looking into the scanner, should have thought of this the first time.
Next was the lights in the top of the scanner. I added 4 lights by square columns and cutting them into the angled roof panels.
Since 1 of the lights would end up on the front panel having it removable wasn’t really going to work anymore so now it is hinges on one side and flips up and out of the way.
The top lights are wired together to 1 switch so now there will be 9 switches in total.
Next steps are to add the polarizing panels. Below is a earlier idea that I’ll probably go with. Each light will have a panel that will pivot in/out of place and be held in place with magnets.
That’s it for now, should have some more test scans soon. The extra benefit of the top lights is it will fix the falloff issue I was getting when trying to scan large areas.
Thanks for reading.