Mnyb wrote: > I sometimes make optical cables for industrial applications with HP > connectors and 1mm plastic fibre or 0,2mm hard clad silica . > > The plastic fibre needs some polishing to get a good surface , you > basically sand it in 2 stages with very fine grain "paper" ( it really a > plastic sheet of some kind ) with the connector in a little plastic > fixture it then gets absolutely flat and the fiber terminates exactly on > lovel with the edge of the connector . > The lesser diameter 0,2 silica fibre is just cut with a diamond tool . > > If the diameter is very thin razor probably would do fine .
The cable I've ordered is described as 2.2mm diameter, so I'm guessing that's 1mm plastic inside the sheath. I presume the razor blade is specified, rather than a Stanley knife blade, since a razor blade is thinner and more likely to get a square cut. It'll be interesting to see how hard this is to do. That's the attraction of DIY as far as I'm concerned. I can't think of a convenient way to test the quality of my finished cables - obviously I can tell whether they 'work' or not, but I guess I'd need to ship them over to Archimago to see what their jitter performance is like. :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98071 _______________________________________________ diy mailing list diy@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/diy
