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Recoiling/Tightening Stretched Microphone Cord
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nd5y
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You can't. Replace it.
Okay
n1das
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Tightly coil the cable around a metal rod of the same diameter as the inner diameter of the individual coils. Heat the rod up enough soften but not completely melt the cable's outer jacket. Then allow to cool before handling the cable.
I think this trick of "ironing" the cable is how the cable was originally coiled at the factory. I've never tried this but it might work. It's still easier to simply replace the cable.
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I think this trick of "ironing" the cable is how the cable was originally coiled at the factory. I've never tried this but it might work. It's still easier to simply replace the cable.
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This, plus heat with a hair dryer or heat gun to alter the "set" in the insulating jacket of the cable.
But don't expect the same degree of results you get from Kegels.
Tightly coil the cable around a metal rod of the same diameter as the inner diameter of the individual coils. Heat the rod up enough soften but not completely melt the cable's outer jacket. Then allow to cool before handling the cable.
I think this trick of "ironing" the cable is how the cable was originally coiled at the factory. I've never tried this but it might work. It's still easier to simply replace the cable.
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In a previous life I worked in a factory that made telephones (now over 35 years ago). Yes, that's pretty much how it's done. Coil some cable around a mandrel, secure the ends (of course), send it thru an oven, remove mandrel, put correct ends on the cable & voila!
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