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So, the last time I did the dreaded cables, I played a bit, one side I made the solder nipple, which was quite a lot of work.
The other side I tried screw on, one side is slotted to fit a screwdriver, the screw has a nut head( photo) but it was really easy to do.
Striped coating, scraped, ruff it up ( just the same way as the other side to this point), dipped in flux ( has to be the kind in the photo) coated the cable in soldier, drilled a slightly larger hole one side of the screw nipple, to make a small v, then slipped the cable through the hole in the screw nipple, tighten it as much as I dared to, put in vice, v to the top to add more solder, blow torch to melt new added solder to fill gaps, as the solder melts it actually flows out the other end, so I had to reposition it in the vice to slow the leak, as it starts to flows through you stop, give it a second then add more solder to full the top, clean excess on top with grinder, as the cable is so hard.
Edited, also grind off the screw head as it's not required, Job done
Now it's been on the door as long as the other side, which was a lot harder job to do ( 4 or 5 months, how many door openings, sorry don't know)
I think, someone that can't make the solder nipples, would do this easy, so well worth the effort, the screw nipples without the solder would work it's way loose in a short time, in my opinion.
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Once more an outside host, for a photo.
The other side I tried screw on, one side is slotted to fit a screwdriver, the screw has a nut head( photo) but it was really easy to do.
Striped coating, scraped, ruff it up ( just the same way as the other side to this point), dipped in flux ( has to be the kind in the photo) coated the cable in soldier, drilled a slightly larger hole one side of the screw nipple, to make a small v, then slipped the cable through the hole in the screw nipple, tighten it as much as I dared to, put in vice, v to the top to add more solder, blow torch to melt new added solder to fill gaps, as the solder melts it actually flows out the other end, so I had to reposition it in the vice to slow the leak, as it starts to flows through you stop, give it a second then add more solder to full the top, clean excess on top with grinder, as the cable is so hard.
Edited, also grind off the screw head as it's not required, Job done
Now it's been on the door as long as the other side, which was a lot harder job to do ( 4 or 5 months, how many door openings, sorry don't know)
I think, someone that can't make the solder nipples, would do this easy, so well worth the effort, the screw nipples without the solder would work it's way loose in a short time, in my opinion.
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