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==== Using Fly Cutter ====

==== Using Fly Cutter ====

The Fly Cutter is a milling tool used to shave away layers of a flat surface.  For our purposes, the fly cutter is used to cut several fibers at the same time leaving the fiber's ends with a flat and even surface.  [[Image:Scratches_afterflycut.jpg|500 px]]

[[Image:Fibersinangleclamp.JPG|thumb|right]]The Fly Cutter is a milling tool used to shave away layers of a flat surface.  For our purposes, the fly cutter is used to cut several fibers at the same time leaving the fiber's ends with a flat and even surface. We designed a "angle clamp" to bundle the fibers together so that we can cut a 5x5 set of fibers with the fly cutter. In the picture to the right, we see the fibers bundled in the angle clamp, the angle clamp itself is attached to a metal piece used to mount the angle clamp in the fly cutter machine. With the fibers secured in the angle clamp, we set the bundle through a few test runs with the fly cutter to determine how fast the blade needs to spin the cut the fibers properly. A rotation speed of 1500 rpms was deemed to produce the best results.  In the picture below, we see the fibers after being cut by the fly cutter.  Notice the fiber's ends have many small scratches in them but I am confident that those scratches will easily be removed with just a quick polish.

  [[Image:Scratches_afterflycut.jpg|center|400 px]]

Something that was expected to happen was flaying or stripping of the outer most fiber's cladding. The picture below shows a close up view of the outer fibers. All though there was noticeable damage to the cladding, I was surprised to see how well the cladding faired.    [[Image:Fiberbundle_stripped.jpg|center|400 px]]

=== Transmission Testing ===

=== Transmission Testing ===