I agree with Steve - I've always found it impossible to solder the newer stainless cable ends, too. But I don't like the hassle of using end crimps and having to remove them every time I need to take a cable out (not to mention, as you say, risking the fraying of the cable). I'll have to give your method a try. What wattage soldering iron did you use?
On Friday, January 19, 2018 at 3:53:38 PM UTC-6, lconley wrote: > > 96%tin/4%silver solder and No.78 Stainless Soldering Flux from H&N > Electronics (California City, CA) is what I use. Be patient with the flux, > I pour some into the bottle cap and dip the cable end and let it sit for a > while, then rinse with water and do it again except don't rinse before > soldering. Make sure to have a CLEAN HOT soldering iron, put a small amount > solder on the tip of the iron (I have the iron in a stand) and stroke the > end of the cable through the molten solder. If the solder doesn't flow into > the cable, clean and re-flux. Be stingy with the solder, you don't want > build-up on the outside of the cable (makes feeding it through the housing > difficult), but you need it to wick into the cable. You can correct buildup > on the cable with a small fine file. > > Laing > > On Friday, January 19, 2018 at 4:13:42 PM UTC-5, Steve Palincsar wrote: > >> How do you solder a stainless steel cable? I'd heard it was virtually >> impossible to do. What's the trick? >> >> >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
