Changes

* Take a polished SciFi and clean it with either air from a compressor or a canned air duster. If you use canned air, be careful not to chill the fibers since air can come out cold from the canned air duster, and sometimes a cold liquid or blast of frost can come out too. Pull the canned air trigger gently to release a gentle stream of canned air on the fibers.  

* Take a polished SciFi and clean it with either air from a compressor or a canned air duster. If you use canned air, be careful not to chill the fibers since air can come out cold from the canned air duster, and sometimes a cold liquid or blast of frost can come out too. Pull the canned air trigger gently to release a gentle stream of canned air on the fibers.  

* With the splicing collars open, place a clean, straight, cut SciFi in the bottom glass ferrule. If the SciFi has a lip on one end but not the other, fuse the end without the lip. Also ensure that the fiber is butted up against the collar stop on the right-hand side and that the fiber is oriented so that its sides lie flat against the sides of the glass ferrule.  

* With the splicing collars open, place a clean, straight, cut SciFi in the bottom glass ferrule.  

 

* If the SciFi has a lip, set it aside for lip removal and find a fiber with no lip.

 

* If the SciFi does not have a lip, fuse the end that is less polished if you can tell that one end is better.

* Also ensure that the fiber is butted up against the collar stop on the right-hand side and that the fiber is oriented so that its sides lie flat against the sides of the glass ferrule.  

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