What's the right way to splice small gauge wire? I'm specifically needing to splice the wires coming from a PC's front panel. Not sure what gauge they are, but they're smaller than 22awg, so butt ...

The need to splice a few wires is a very common requirement in electronics and electrical situations ranging from in-progress prototype at the bench to the final assembled product. There are various ...

Wires can wear out or get damaged from rodents or corrosion, so it’s common to need to splice them from time to time. You might also need to splice wires if you ...

Wire splicing and soldering is a basic skill that any DIYer can master—but it all starts with a solid connection between the two wires. That’s where the Lineman splice comes in. Connecting two wires ...

For those of us who started experimenting with electricity when we were very young, one of the essential first skills was learning how to twist wires together. It seems like there’s not much to learn, ...

Over the past few weeks we've looked at thread checkers to identify nuts and bolts, handy flexible hose clamp pliers and battery desulfators. This week's cool tool, generically known as heat-shrink ...

The ­American Boat and Yacht Council says that we can solder, but we must also use a mechanical connection. The thinking is that a ­soldered connection makes the wire brittle and, due to the natural ...

Continuously purchasing new cables to meet changing demands can increase costs and cut into your business' profits. You can cut and splice your own universal serial bus, or USB, cables to meet the ...

Right now, my soldering iron is hot—about as hot as it ever gets. It’s a little 37-W iron, standard hobby-grade, with a 3/16-in. wide tip. I have two lengths of #12 stranded wire, so I will attempt to ...

A method of splicing nanoscopic wires could enable engineers to make speedy electronic circuits featuring molecular components. Individual molecules may one day take the place of standard electronic ...

I got a Wacom Intuos graphics tablet - a killer 9"x12" one, at that - for free from a friend whose dog had chewed off the USB end, and bit it in half near the end, too. w00t! Those things are $400 new ...