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 -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> BOFH excuse #363: Out of cards on drive D: A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than a gun in the hands of 200 million law-abiding citizens. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
