DIY FiberOptics Kit
founder:	harvie
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Design, make and share cheap kit for splicing fiberoptics (using reprap and commonly available items).

Goals

• Strippers
• Cleaver
• Mechanical splicer
• Attenuator
• Optical power meter
• 3M FibrLok press
• Gel/Chemical splicer
• Fusion splicer (?)

Simple and cheap cleaving method: haey8XdILf0

Corning, Hubbel, Rippley and Siecor are selling quite simple cleavers: SthwoIDprrk

Operation principles of automatic cleaver can be seen on this video: 9Vc19SsL_Bw

Cleaving thick fiber used by medical surgery laser: 51-qWw3xViw