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Can someone please tell me where I can find help in terminating fiber. A how to video or a "free" class in NYC. Thank you for your time and help.

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by allan

What do you mean by "terminating fiber" ? How to "finish" the strands and connect to the panel ?

by conroygordon

I have to "finish" each end of the fiber. I have a 1000' spool of fiber and I have to connect switches with the fiber as my backbone.

by allan

"Finishing" the ends requires special equipment that polishs the fiber at perfectly 90 degrees and without scratches.
It will be easier to hire someone that has the equipment.
I could recommend someone if you are located on Long Island.

by robinarm

Unless you're doing a lot of fibre installation I wouldn't bother trying to learn termination techiques. By the time you practise to get it right youll be sick of it and unless you're doing it on a regular basis you'll lose the knack very quickly. If you really want to do it you can terminate fibre in two basic ways.
1) Use a stylus. This is a pen like thingy with a diamond tip. Terminating with a device like this is possible but really hard and unless you've done it before you will probobly not succed. You basically cut the end as if you're using a knife and then polish the end.
2) Use a "proper" temination tool. These are tools that take care of the precision work for you. They work well but are expensive so if you don't have one I doubt if you'll buy one for this job. You could hire one but for the cost you could hire someone to do it for you.

I always recommend clients to purchase pre terminated fibre. Factory condition are perfect and not that much more expensive than the fibre itself.

by conrad

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