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I should write a more extensive note next week about what happened with that spool storage box today.
I should write a more extensive note next week about what happened with that spool storage box today.
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===Incident While Cutting Light Guides===
Last Friday I was cutting light guides. I came to a place where two sections were taped together. As I was supposed to do, I cut off the parts that were in contact with the tape.
A little after that the fiber suddenly stopped unreeling from the spool. I pulled hard to try to get it moving again, but not much would come out of the spool storage box.
When I explained the problem to Jim, he said I may have pushed the fiber back into the box at some time, and it had come off the spool. Now it was caught on the pipe that holds the spools. I was pulling the fiber taut around the pipe, and it wouldn't go any farther.
Jim was right about what happened. We had to open the spool storage box again, and Jim added an empty spool to try to keep the problem from recurring. My pulling put a sharp bend in the fiber where it was caught on the pipe.
I should avoid pushing the fiber back into the spool storage box as much as possible to prevent this problem.
I think this mistake happened because I had heard that it might be good to pull the fiber a little beyond the stop in case it slips back. As I was cutting the first few fibers, I pulled one out too far, then pushed it back into the box. It would have been better to move the cutting board farther from the box than to push the fiber back.
I think I should either take the fiber no farther than the stop or only very slightly beyond it.