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2/21: I aligned the fibers in bundle 401 or 402 for testing (there is a contradiction between the ID collar and the strap color). There is one more problem, though. The fibers still seem prone to slide out of the Kapton straps. They might not stay in the right position on the popsicle stick as they are put in the dark box.
2/21: I aligned the fibers in bundle 401 or 402 for testing (there is a contradiction between the ID collar and the strap color). There is one more problem, though. The fibers still seem prone to slide out of the Kapton straps. They might not stay in the right position on the popsicle stick as they are put in the dark box.
2/22: I put the fibers on the popsicle stick again. Yesterday I had them aligned but when I put them in the dark box they were bent differently and no longer aligned. I held up a measuring tape in the dark box and decided the horizontal distance between the popsicle stick end of the bundle and the top of the ramp is about 26 inches. Then I used a box on the conference room table to substitute for the top of the ramp and put the fibers in a position similar to what they assume in the dark box. I also had a stack of journals to hold the chimney end of the bundle in the bent position as it is in the dark box.
After some failed attempts, I aligned the fibers about right by holding them on the table in approximately the dark box position. Then I used the plexiglass stop plate to align them, but they were still not in the right position when I put them on the popsicle stick. I finished the alignment by pushing the fibers against the alignment jig while holding the slender part of the jig so it wouldn't break.