Changes

* <u>Scintillators:</u>  The segments cut using the ''Work Stand Assembly'' have an extra millimeter or so in length made by design so that by the end of the polishing process the segment will be of the proper length of 2 cm.  That being said, if the fiber is borderline unacceptable, it can still be used provided that enough of the cladding is still intact to leave a sufficient length, once the defective part has been removed by polishing.

* <u>Scintillators:</u>  The segments cut using the ''Work Stand Assembly'' have an extra millimeter or so in length made by design so that by the end of the polishing process the segment will be of the proper length of 2 cm.  That being said, if the fiber is borderline unacceptable, it can still be used provided that enough of the cladding is still intact to leave a sufficient length, once the defective part has been removed by polishing.

* <u>Waveguides:</u>  With that extra 1/2 cm you alloted yourself, it should be possible to recover, through polishing, most if not all the unacceptable fibers.

* <u>Waveguides:</u>  Preparation of the ends of the clear waveguide fibers for gluing is the same as for the scintillating fibers, except that there is somewhat more freedom in the exact length of the finished fiber.  If you allot 5 mm extra length when you cut the fiber from the spool then it should be possible to recover through polishing from several failed attempts to produce properly finished ends.  

'''Step 3: Polishing'''     

'''Step 3: Polishing'''