BW January 2018

1/5: Micah showed me how to cut sci-fis with the Dremel, how to bundle fibers with the new collars, and how to polish them with the grinding wheel. I bottomed out bundle 403 to 0.008 inches with 400 grit paper. With the the 400 grit paper it should make a rhythmic sound, not constant but one with beats as the wheel turns.

1/8: I started polishing bundle 403 with 1000 grit paper. At first I was not pressing hard enough. I need to press hard enough that I can hear the fibers making contact with the paper.

I put too much glue on the 5 micron paper and had trouble removing the residue from the grinding wheel. I need to use a couple of very short bursts of glue. If there is too much and it won't come off, a clean sharp razor blade will be useful. I need to hold it so the plane of the blade makes a very small angle with the wheel, and it won't scratch the wheel.

The downstream unpolished ends of the bundles are closest to the colored rubber elastics.