Bird Nest Tool

Tornado · 2025-01-17T12:39:58-0700

Anyone using a bird cage tool for uniformly flaring cable ends before soldering?
Venhill sells one for the tidy sum of $180 !!?!
Seen a couple of videos now of homemade setups achieving the same thing and made a similar one as here:

Hope to give it a try shortly.

marshg246 · 2025-01-17T12:46:17-0700

Tornado said:
Anyone using a bird cage tool for uniformly flaring cable ends before soldering?
Venhill sells one for the tidy sum of $180 !!?!
Seen a couple of videos now of homemade setups achieving the same thing and made a similar one as here:

Hope to give it a try shortly.

I separate first about 1/8-1/4 longer than the ferrule, hold the strands together while inserting, pull back to be sure it holds, use a solder pot to solder, and cut/file off the excess. They never fail. No special tools other than the solder pot.

Bird Nest Tool

Tornado

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