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DIY FiberOptics Kit
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| 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 (?)
Inspiration
Cleaver
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