MOTM

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.