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I know how to do it but a pic would be much better.
Let's see how good I am with words:
When you take the plug apart, you will have (I think) a plastic sleeve with an internal thread. Put this on the cable first, thread towards the end. I will call this the collar.
You will have a metal thing with a hole in the middle and four segmented legs like a dead spider. I will call this the spider.
You will have a thing with a metal tube sticking out and a plastic surround with a male thread and a metal ring round the tube. I will call this the end. (have I forgotten anything?)
Your first objective is to trim back the outer sheath of the cable, to expose the copper braid beneath.
Push this back over the sheath, and twist it round so it extends as far as the length of the segmented legs of the spider.
This will expose the plastic insulator with a single stiff copper wire in it.
Cut back some of the inner plastic insulator; enougth so that when you poke the tubular end over it, the copper wire extends (just) to the end of the tube, while the wide end sits on the outer sheath and compresses the dead spider, makings its segments dig into the copper braid.
You then run the first "collar" part back up the cable so it compresses the dead spider onto the braid and screws onto the end piece.
If you have not done one before, there may be some trial and error on how much to cut back. Try 6mm as a start.
Let's see how good I am with words:
When you take the plug apart, you will have (I think) a plastic sleeve with an internal thread. Put this on the cable first, thread towards the end. I will call this the collar.
You will have a metal thing with a hole in the middle and four segmented legs like a dead spider. I will call this the spider.
You will have a thing with a metal tube sticking out and a plastic surround with a male thread and a metal ring round the tube. I will call this the end. (have I forgotten anything?)
Your first objective is to trim back the outer sheath of the cable, to expose the copper braid beneath.
Push this back over the sheath, and twist it round so it extends as far as the length of the segmented legs of the spider.
This will expose the plastic insulator with a single stiff copper wire in it.
Cut back some of the inner plastic insulator; enougth so that when you poke the tubular end over it, the copper wire extends (just) to the end of the tube, while the wide end sits on the outer sheath and compresses the dead spider, makings its segments dig into the copper braid.
You then run the first "collar" part back up the cable so it compresses the dead spider onto the braid and screws onto the end piece.
If you have not done one before, there may be some trial and error on how much to cut back. Try 6mm as a start.
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I have found this Click Here It looks a bit different to the usual coax plug but the basics are the same.
HTH
Rob
HTH
Rob
Adam151,
that piece was very intersting,
nice one
that piece was very intersting,
nice one
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