I need a couple of custom length toslink optical leads, and notice the instructions for fitting the plug say the cable must be cut with a cleaver. Is this a special tool at a vast price - or is there a cheaper way?
Fitting a toslink plug.
Jan 07, 2014
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I wonder why? Just to get a perpendicular cut for maximum light transmission? To avoid burrs (though only for the same reason I suppose.)
Plastic pipe cutter. That'd be what I'd try.
The end should also ideally be polished smooth and flat. Although the TOS link needs on coupling efficiency aren't that great unless you're near the length limits.
You could try a sharp craft knife if your hand is steady enough, assuming plastic fibre optic cable. Glass cable, as far as I know, needs the correct tool, which Farnell are advertising for under a tenner.
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