Diy Cables

For all those out there who want to "roll their own" here's some
recommendations:

1. Use two vices - one to hold cable, one to hold plug

2. Use a good soldering iron - Weller is preferred - 50 watt minimum

3. Use 4% silver solder - WBT is a good brand - when soldering you
want to still see wire and with Neutriks you should fill cup at least
1/2 to 3/4 full with solder to insure a good mechanical joint

4. Tin stripped leads before soldering to include braid

5. Make sure you strip inner conductive PVC jacket back to it does not
come in contact with tip of plug - should see a little white/clear on
the dialetic

6. Use a pair of cheap PTP yellow strippers for coax, you will also
need a little tool to peel the braid back - a mini phillips
screwdriver works real well (I use about 5 different strippers, to
include a thermal one) Just need to find what works and does not knick
the condcutor, or cut numerous strands of the braid as you want to
keep that intact too

8. Clean soldered connection with a de-fluxer - I use Tech Spray G3

9. Use some heatshrink to seal the connection

10. Several different cables out there for DIY'rs the one I would
recommend is Canare GS-6 because it is cheap and and easy to work with
- I find it easier to assemble than the Mogami 2524 for example

11. Plugs: Neutrik for Straight and G&H for right angle is what I
recommend

12. Prior to soldering your second plug inspect the first one make
sure solder has shiney appearance and that you do not have cold solder
joint and that you have not knicked or melted anything that could
cause the cable to short

Hope this is useful.