Previously fiber bundles were cut using a fly cutter by Alan Chasse. The fly cutter would crack the cladding of the outside fibers and were considered to be "sacrificial" reducing efficiency by 64%. However, an end mill has been used in the last cutting attempts with extremely favorable results. At most two fibers have experienced outer cladding damage and even so the fibers will be usable after gluing and painting. This will greatly increase the mass production of multiple bundles and pictures of the fibers response to both the fly cutter and end mill will be posted soon. | Previously fiber bundles were cut using a fly cutter by Alan Chasse. The fly cutter would crack the cladding of the outside fibers and were considered to be "sacrificial" reducing efficiency by 64%. However, an end mill has been used in the last cutting attempts with extremely favorable results. At most two fibers have experienced outer cladding damage and even so the fibers will be usable after gluing and painting. This will greatly increase the mass production of multiple bundles and pictures of the fibers response to both the fly cutter and end mill will be posted soon. |