On Saturday 20 April 2013 16:14:36 Fons Adriaensen did opine:
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 11:58:13AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Soldering is an art form, one I have found I can't teach just anybody
> > to do. Decent tools to do these repairs will run toward $300. The
> > soldering iron itself will run from $130 to $250 USD. Suitable razor
> > sharp. /flush cut/ 4" diagonal cutters, 5" curved nose suture clamps,
> > solder suckers to clean this up with, small, quality screw drivers
> > that actually /fit/ the screws, the knowledge to use the correct
> > screwdriver for /that/ screw, even a good, razor sharp pocket knife
> > will be needed.
> :
> :-) It's indeed incredible what you find sometimes when opening up
>
> the XLRs on the ends of a failed cable. Big, spherical blobs of tin
> on the solder cups, insulation of signal wires destroyed by too much
> heat... Not to speak of the rest of the cable. On of the first things
> I had to do at the CdM was to replace or remake *all* the cables and
> teach the users how to coil a cable after use. I still have a few 10m
> long 'telephone handset' cables to show how it should *not* be done...
> And some XRL-Fs which had the #1 socket ripped out by someone pulling
> the cable... (it *does* take some force to do that)
>
> Caio,
Another voice of experience from having attended the wars, thanks Fons.
Cheers, Gene
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