How to cut the middle of an optical cable

To cut the cable, use a fiber optic cable cutter to score the outer jacket and coating. A. Safety Rules - Read before beginning any exercises. We'll splice the two pieces back together in an exercise and put new connectors on the bare ends in another exercise. You may also want to. How to Cut Fiber Cable? A Comprehensive Guide to Safe and Effective Fiber Optic Termination Cutting fiber cable requires meticulous technique and specialized tools to ensure a clean, precise break for proper termination and minimal signal loss. 1 Improper use of a respooler (Figure 1) can cause damage to a cable jacket or result in wavy fiber in tight buffered cables due to cable crossovers or excessive tensile loading. [pdf]