Fiber Optic Mid Span Slit & Ring Tool Kit+ (TK-106)

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Getting into a fiber cable without touching the fibers inside is a job for a tool matched to the cable, and the Jonard Tools TK-106 covers the cables most installers meet. Four mid-span slit and ring tools span 1.2 to 12 mm in overlapping ranges, so drop, distribution, and smaller loose-tube cable each have a tool that fits. Around them are the rest of the access set: a buffer tube ringer for tubes up to 6 mm, a drop cable slitter and a 2.1 × 3.1 mm drop cable stripper for flat drop, a round cable strip and ring tool, a ratcheting cable slitter and a riser slitting tool for the heavier jackets, the CableSaber for long slits down a sheath, a three-hole fiber stripper that takes the jacket, buffer, and coating down to the 125 µm glass, and Kevlar shears for the strength member. Thirteen tools in a 21-pocket case, bought once instead of a drawer of single-use entry tools.

What's in the Kit

• Mid-span slit and ring tools, 1.2 to 12 mm. MS-306 (1.2 to 3.3 mm), MS-316 (2.9 to 6.8 mm), MS-326 (5 to 10 mm), MS-426 (5.8 to 12 mm), for opening a cable sheath between its ends without touching the fibers inside.
• Buffer tube and drop cable access. BTR-6 buffer tube ringer, for tubes up to 6 mm; FOD-2000 fiber optic drop cable slitter; FDS-312 fiber drop cable stripper, 2.1 × 3.1 mm, for flat drop cable.
• Jacket slitting. CST-1900 round cable strip and ring tool; RCS-25 ratcheting cable slitter; RST-8514 riser slitting tool; AST-200 CableSaber for slitting a sheath lengthwise.
• Stripping and cutting. JIC-375 three-hole fiber optic stripper, for the jacket, the buffer coating, and the 250 µm coating down to the 125 µm glass; JIC-186 wire and Kevlar cutting shears for the strength member.
• H-90 rugged 21-pocket tool case. A pocket for every tool, so a missing one shows before you leave the site.

Where It Fits

It suits FTTH and MDU installers opening round and flat drop cable and riser cable at the house, the terminal, and the closet, splicing crews doing mid-span entries on distribution cable up to 12 mm for closures and enclosures, data center and campus teams accessing backbone cable at trays and enclosures, a contractor whose work rarely reaches the large loose-tube sizes and doesn't need to pay for the tools that open them, and a company outfitting fiber technicians with a matched set from one maker.

Good to Know

Pick the slit and ring tool by the cable's outside diameter, and when a cable falls in the overlap between two ranges, use the one where it sits nearer the middle of the range; the tool holds the cable better and the blade depth is more predictable. The largest tool here is the MS-426 at 12 mm; a backbone cable above that needs the MS-446, MS-526, or ribbon tool, which the TK-107 and TK-107B carry. Set the depth on a scrap before the first live cut on a cable you haven't opened before, since the aim is to cut the sheath and nothing underneath. For a mid-span entry, make the two ring cuts first, then the lengthwise slit between them, and peel the sheath in sections; the CableSaber is for the long slit on a heavy sheath, and the ratcheting slitter and riser tool for jackets the mid-span tools won't bite. The FDS-312 is sized for flat drop cable at 2.1 × 3.1 mm, the common FTTH drop; a round drop goes to the FOD-2000. Ring a buffer tube with the BTR-6 and flex it to snap the tube rather than cutting through, which keeps the blade off the fibers. The three-hole stripper takes the fiber down in stages, jacket, buffer, coating, with the coating off in short pulls so the glass isn't scored, and Kevlar goes to the shears. None of these tools cleave, clean, or test, which is what a prep kit like the TK-151 or TK-184 adds, and none of them are rated for cutting into a cable that may carry power, so confirm what's in a hybrid cable before you open it.

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