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[-] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

They're surprisingly durable. Afaik you can't break them with your bare hands, you need something to cut them with.

[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 months ago

Well I have never tried to deliberately break a fiber, usually my goal is to have them work when I'm done. But the bare fibers without mantle are really thin (250 micrometer is typical, 125 for core and cladding, and 125 around that for the coating) and you have to treat them carefully. I think if you bent them tight they would break. I know splicing tools have special cutters included, but my understanding was that those are only needed to make a proper 90° cut good for splicing.

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