thanks for telling us this. I've been making small cables for a TLN-156
reverb and was trying to cut the shield down one side, but it got all messy,
and it was loosing alot of the braid. I just did one with this first method
and it worked perfectly, and much faster.
thanks...
ryan
From: "Richard Brewster" <
pugix@...>
> I must be old fashioned (or else very agile.) I use either of two
methods
> to prepare coax ends. If I want to use the coax braid to make the
> connection, I prepare the cable just like those that come ready-made with
> MOTM kits. First I strip the insulation with my trusty all-purpose wire
> stripper, a simple hand tool permanently set for #24 gauge, but which I
use
> for all gauges. I'm careful not to nick the braid. Then I bend the cable
> sharply and tease out the inner wire with a tiny sharp awl (much like the
> Swiss Army Knife corkscrew, but it's straight). It's not too hard to pull
> the wire out, leaving the braid fully intact and now to the side. Twist
> the braid and tin. Strip the inner conductor and tin. Done. Tinning is
> easiest if you have a "solder pot" but I bet hardly anybody here (except
> maybe Paul Schreiber) needs to do that much assembly-line work. A solder
> pot, in case you don't know is just that -- a small pot of molten solder
> that you dip your wires into for tinning.