DIY FiberOptics Kit
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:
Corning, Hubbel, Rippley and Siecor are selling quite simple cleavers:
Operation principles of automatic cleaver can be seen on this video:
Cleaving thick fiber used by medical surgery laser: