Soldering rc boat flex cable, crucible method

[@earthling1984]

I still haven't seen even a second of that show. I don't have cable tv; I just watch what I choose to on netflix, hulu, amazon prime, or youtube. I'll have to give that show a chance, many people do say how much they like it.

[@cmwgcmwg7387]

What do you think about brazing? Is that a possible method for capping the cut?

[@uzayrkhadaroo]

Can you do it with 6.35mm cable

[@billzanotti9886]

thanks great solved my flex shaft issues !

[@cj599]

im building a 26 inch nitro v hull and looking for a complete video on the whole flex cable system install can you point me in the right direction my old nitro boat had a solid shaft and was a rtr this time im building my own i orderd a engine hull and rudder i need help picking out the parts or kit

[@crispyspa]

I got nothing on recommending a place to buy a complete flex set. Maybe Off Shore Electrics? www.offshoreelectrics.com/categories.php?cat=17 I used to get all my stuff at the local hobby shop.

[@earthling1984]

genius

[@jeffvilla195]

Nice method mate.

[@nossrc5638]

I just cut and pass the stone on the gunwales and I have never had problems, another that I have bought that soldiers come get hurt in the welding and then they do not want to leave the coupler

[@MyPuppers]

cool ! good how to vid! so many boats now come with flex cables , as apposed to solid drive shafts. good to know, if i order a generic replacement thats to long. thanks! B>)

[@crispyspa]

Thanks.

[@paulkazjack]

Why solder the cable end then?

[@crispyspa]

paulkazjack sometimes the cables and ever so barely start to fray and when you take the cable out to grease then shove it back in, that one wire will poke out and become completely unraveled from the cable. It's just extra insurance to not have that problemto not have that problem.

[@paulkazjack]

thanks for that.

[@theadventuresofshellyandfr5618]

@@crispyspa also if the end is not sodard and you remove the cable from the Collet and few times the end of the cable can crush down and then the collet wont clamp down hard enough

[@AB-yv7hn]

good method , thanks !!!!!

[@erwinbelga8474]

Loctite 935 does the job even better no hassel with solder :)

[@gunnarhaakonsen]

Real nice video, thanks :-)

[@ImYourGuiltyPleasure]

Excellent! Subscribed.

[@crispyspa]

Not really. I Googled how to do that. *Leonard Hofstadter* Big Bang Theory reference. I am such a nerd. LOL

[@BuildBreakFix]

why!!!!!!!!!!!! Why go through all this????????????? It's so easy to solder a shaft...... You clean the shaft and then just wrap some fine cored solder around it about 1/2 in up the shaft and slowly heat it with a tinny pen torch and the solder will fill in everything just fine....... this is lots work it seems....... even more easy way to do it other then the 1950's way shown here is just some loc-tite seems to be common way to go now adays works just fine

[@crispyspa]

+Rich Morgenstein How long does it take loctite to cure? I can solder a cable and be running again in 10 minutes.

[@BuildBreakFix]

+crispyspa 935 loctite dries in exactly 15 minutes and fully cured in 20 minutes and is ready for use! So yeah after you spent 20 minutes welding a cup to a stand and another 15 minutes and 20$ of propane later melting the solder then dipping the cable 50 more times and another 20$ of propane to heat it up so you can finish your end I'll be drinking a beer in my recliner watching tv while mine dries after the 10 seconds it took my to put loctite on mine LOL Ps... How did all that burn flux taste as you ate all that smoke in your face doing it? On the bright side they are getting better treating cancer right?

[@ChaosFragrances]

+Rich Morgenstein damn you are a bitchy old man stuck in your ways. Why are you using loctite 935? The industry standards NOWADAYS are loctite 603 which takes a full one or two days to completely harden. Did ya know that? Also, if he wants to solder his cable this way he can do that, if he wants to do it the way your obnoxious self does, he can do that too. I've never seen someone complain so much about how another guy solders his flex. It doesn't affect you, so leave him be. I can guarantee you are they type of guy at a party or get together who sits by himself with a dipshit look on his face because no one wants anything to do with you. Change your ways old man, either that or you'll continue to be a pessimistic old nobody. I feel genuinely sorry for you, your family, and any possible friends you have.