** Now that each side of the fiber is cut, start removing the cladding. To do this, it is easiest to use a second hobby knife. Place the second hobby knife along the cut in the fiber and place the initial hobby knife at the end of the fiber between the cladding and the fiber and use it to pry up the cladding. If you did it right the cladding should come up and break along the cut that you made. The fiber after the cladding is removed, is see in the picture to the right. (Note: don't worry about scratching the inner fiber, it will all be polished away anyway.) | ** Now that each side of the fiber is cut, start removing the cladding. To do this, it is easiest to use a second hobby knife. Place the second hobby knife along the cut in the fiber and place the initial hobby knife at the end of the fiber between the cladding and the fiber and use it to pry up the cladding. If you did it right the cladding should come up and break along the cut that you made. The fiber after the cladding is removed, is see in the picture to the right. (Note: don't worry about scratching the inner fiber, it will all be polished away anyway.) |