WGREGT Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Anyone here in SoCal either really good @ soldering way-too-damn fine wires, or know someone who is? I'm been trying (and failing) to do a chatterbox helmet speaker to ear bud 3.5mm adapter with no success at all. So far I'm 0 for 6 attempts, and the wires are getting shorter...and shorter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Duc2V4 Posted June 1, 2015 Member Contributer Share Posted June 1, 2015 Anyone here in SoCal either really good @ soldering way-too-damn fine wires, or know someone who is? I'm been trying (and failing) to do a chatterbox helmet speaker to ear bud 3.5mm adapter with no success at all. So far I'm 0 for 6 attempts, and the wires are getting shorter...and shorter... You know you always seem to forget that I'm here in So Cal! I can help you out. How soon do you need this done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGREGT Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Within the next two weeks for my coastal ride? If you've done it before, great. If not, I'm warning you: I've got a giant light and magnifying glass, new soldering iron (after thinking it would help. It didn't.), and steady hands, and....I have miserably failed doing 7 of them. The wires are impossibly fine. But, if you wanna try, I got nothing to lose except more inches of wire that I can't get back. Pick a day/night/time and I'll bring it by. Or I can leave it with you if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer huntinggunns Posted June 1, 2015 Member Contributer Share Posted June 1, 2015 A small tip hakko soldering station is the ticket. Made especially for delicate and really small boards. If you were closer to okc I could help. All of my helmets are set up that way. The ear phones that you stick inside the helmets really suck. Small solder also. I think I have .032 for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGREGT Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 I have the .032 solder. To me, it's more a matter of the wires having that cotton-like thread with them. Then again, some of them have solid wires only (no thread) but yet the wires are still thin. No consistency to them. If we fail miserably on this end you may see a pkg in your mailbox with a quick turnaround (trip on the books in 14 days.) Yours have held and are nice & solid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Duc2V4 Posted June 1, 2015 Member Contributer Share Posted June 1, 2015 Within the next two weeks for my coastal ride? If you've done it before, great. If not, I'm warning you: I've got a giant light and magnifying glass, new soldering iron (after thinking it would help. It didn't.), and steady hands, and....I have miserably failed doing 7 of them. The wires are impossibly fine. But, if you wanna try, I got nothing to lose except more inches of wire that I can't get back. Pick a day/night/time and I'll bring it by. Or I can leave it with you if you like. OK. I'll let you know. If you have all the goodies and just need a steady and experienced hand, I think I can come by your place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer huntinggunns Posted June 1, 2015 Member Contributer Share Posted June 1, 2015 I have the .032 solder. To me, it's more a matter of the wires having that cotton-like thread with them. Then again, some of them have solid wires only (no thread) but yet the wires are still thin. No consistency to them. If we fail miserably on this end you may see a pkg in your mailbox with a quick turnaround (trip on the books in 14 days.) Yours have held and are nice & solid? My Shoei is going on 3 years and my Socrpion is probably 5 years. I know, time to retire that one. If you look real close at the wires they are coated with a kind of lacquer. Not really any insulation, just the coating. Take some nail polish remover and rub the coating off the very tip of the wires, an exacto knife being real careful works well, just enough to get the end tinned and Bob should be your uncle. After a couple of mess ups I finally got the hang of it. My wife has about 5 years on her helmet also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer huntinggunns Posted June 1, 2015 Member Contributer Share Posted June 1, 2015 Been a while so I forgot. You can also take a lighter and singe the end of the wire. Does about the same thing as nail polish remover but quicker and easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGREGT Posted June 2, 2015 Author Share Posted June 2, 2015 That's not insulation on those wires that are impossibly hard to strip without breaking the wire?? Good to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer huntinggunns Posted June 2, 2015 Member Contributer Share Posted June 2, 2015 PM me a pic of your set up. I know for a fact on the Scala it is a coating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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