a force of about two 2 pounds thus the ends of the aligned ferrules are held and pressed together by their respective compression springs with a total force of about four 4 pounds with this arrangement the endfaces of the optical fibers secured within their respective ferrules are aligned with each other so that light borne signals can travel from one of the optical fibers across the junction to the other fiber fig3 is a cross sectional illustration showing the configuration of a typical prior art ferrule end it should be noted that in fig3 as well as in fig4 through 6 the curvatures of the ferrule end and the optical fiber endface have been exaggerated for purposes of illustration and discussion referring to fig3 a typical prior art connector includes a ferrule 46 that preferably is formed of a glass or ceramic material such as zirconia the ferrule 46 is formed with an axially extending passageway 47 within which is secured an optical fiber 48 the optical fiber 48 is secured within the passageway 47 by means of an appropriate epoxy and has a central core 49 that actually carries the light bone transmission signals in preparing a ferrule and its optical fiber for use the optical fiber 48 is secured within the passageway 47 by means of the epoxy initially the optical fiber 48 extends beyond the end of the ferrule during the preparation process the fiber 48 is cleaved down to a position close to the end of the ferrule the end 51 of the ferrule and the endface 52 of the optical fiber is then abraded and polished the abrasion and polishing process can be achieved in a variety of ways such as for example with a rotating disc.