Surprised me too. Maybe I'll give it another go with a better cleaning
Gotta use the flux, of course sold separately. lol
Silver braze? Got to be red hot to flow.
I was considering doing a tig bead but this thing is small. Even 5 amps might smoke it. I was thinking a series of little chisel dings around the sleeve part might do it.
Maybe I misspoke, this is lead-free silver bearing solder. It melts waaay lower than that and was boiling off because I overshot the temp needed at first. The paste flux contains zinc chloride but nothing specific about being acid etc.
The wire is maybe 1/8", it's pretty tiny and the crimped part has to fit inside another sleeve so it can't protrude. I guess I wanted a challenge lol. The solder didn't stick to the stainless even though I roughed it up and cleaned it. Stuck to the steel no problem
Do You have a beefy line flaring fixture You can clamp in a vice? I've taken sleeves/collars & had the fixture set open-end up, pre-set to allow it to drop in to the best fitting size & the swing hinged end able to clear once the sleeve is in place.......have the cable supported & in position to grab & hold easily, torch the sleeve hot & get it just going orange then drop it in the fixture, close the swing end & put just enough pressure to keep it there. Insert the cable to the needed depth & crank those things tight, I give it a few raps w/a ball peen, & tighten again, 'till it feels like it quits givin'. Yank it out & quench it.
I do have a line flaring clamp, this might work. It doesn't have much room to compress but it doesn't need a ton, great idea! Thanks for the options guys!
