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Mastering the Art of Soldering
2. Pull the unnecessary jacket of the wire.
If you see a slight cut in the jacket, bend the jacket back and forth until it comes loose. If
unsuccessful, try to make a deeper cut on the jacket using stripper. With this procedure, we
can get the jacket off without scarifying any copper threads.
3. Use the heat shrink tubing to cover your connections.
Before connecting the wires, cut a piece of heat shrink tube and slide it onto the wire. Heat
shrink tube should be longer than the area that is being soldered. It should cover some of
the jacket on each end and the half inch connection of the strip wire.
Note:
Most heat shrink tube will reduce in size or shrink after being heated so you have to
test it first before getting started to make sure the heat shrink tube will shrink down to the
size
4. Whip both half inch pieces of copper wire.
Whip each end of the wire out by rubbing the wires between your fingers. It will make a good
connection between the copper wires because they touching each other. The wires should
look like this:
5. Push the whipped ends into each other.
Join the strands of the separate wires so that it will look like one. Also ensure that the area is
smooth because this is the area that you will be soldering. Do this by twisting the strands
into each other so they grip together as seen on the following image.