If you are not proficient with a soldering iron leave alone - pay the local repair man to do it.As per title, one wire has detached from it’s tag. I have a soldering iron coming soon, but am nervous about stripping the wire back a little bit. Anyone have any tips?
It's to keep the arm mass and friction low. I use the iron to strip the wire because of how delicate it is, then tin it carefully before applying it to the tag and soldering it while holding it with tweezers.Which raises the question, why? What’s so special about wire so thin and unmanageable that it has to be used by arm designers?
That is a great tool, I never knew such a thing existed. I've just bought one for next time I change my cartridge. I have previously broken THREE of the tags on my Space Arm wires. Bloody nightmare soldering them back on.If you are not proficient with a soldering iron leave alone - pay the local repair man to do it.
Stripping back the wires is scary on a tonearm .. I used a stanley knife to cut round the insulator and then gently teased the insulator off ..use some long nose pliers to hold the insulated part of the wire so as not to pull it through the arm and damage it and use tweezers to pull the cut bit off (so as not to be able to grip the wires underneath too tightly and just wrench them off too) . Ensure you tin the tag and the wire before soldering the two together.
Buy a small tool called helping hands which has clips to hold the tag and the wire to make soldering the two together easier https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Third-Hand-Soldering-Solder-Iron-Stand-Holder-Magnifier-Helping-Tool-Stati-MJ69/174383782766?hash=item289a155b6e:g:F~sAAOSwCWte4KQ9
My pleasure .. that is the great thing about the Wam - we all try to help each other (mostly) :hug:That is a great tool, I never knew such a thing existed. I've just bought one for next time I change my cartridge. I have previously broken THREE of the tags on my Space Arm wires. Bloody nightmare soldering them back on.
Cheers Uzzy.
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