just made my first mic cables from bulk tonight! i'm psyched. 2 down, many to go.
my solder technique needs work, but skippy's (and others') tips have been quite useful.
a question:
everyone says you're supposed to keep the tip of the iron "tinned" by putting some solder on it and wiping it on the sponge, but i can't get the solder to stay on the iron itelf, and my iron got dirty pretty fast.
it may or may not be unrelated, but when i went to make my third cable (this is with canare quad cable and neutrik xlrs), the iron would no longer melt the solder. it was still on, still hot as hell, but it would NOT melt the solder so i had to retire for the evening.
any idea why this would happen? any tips to keeping the iron tinned and silvery?
thanks!
my solder technique needs work, but skippy's (and others') tips have been quite useful.
a question:
everyone says you're supposed to keep the tip of the iron "tinned" by putting some solder on it and wiping it on the sponge, but i can't get the solder to stay on the iron itelf, and my iron got dirty pretty fast.
it may or may not be unrelated, but when i went to make my third cable (this is with canare quad cable and neutrik xlrs), the iron would no longer melt the solder. it was still on, still hot as hell, but it would NOT melt the solder so i had to retire for the evening.
any idea why this would happen? any tips to keeping the iron tinned and silvery?
thanks!