/diy/ - Do It Yourself

also, it was my fucxking cat

Here's how a fresh cut kinda looks like. I've already tried joining them as they are with electric tape or whatever it's called, but it didn't work,

>>1537291

There's no point in repairing them if you don't get rid of the goddamn cat. I assume it belongs to your bf, so maybe he has to go as well.

the white fibers are just string that they use to make the cable stronger. You could tie them together to keep the weight off the actual wires. The colored parts are what needs to be connected, but they are coated in a thin insulating layer. You can hold them over a lighter for a little bit to burn the insulation off and then twist them together, that usually works. It looks like there is a solid white thing in there, not sure what that is but if it has any copper in it you should connect those too. I'm guessing it has a microphone or some ricer bullshit that needs more wires.

>>1537293
>>1537296

Ok so it's a little blurry but there's a kicker, unwind these bastards and they have more fiber inside. Now the big golden bastard has a solid white inside of it, and inside there's more white stuff with a couple more copper wires as well. Yes, these have a mic too. I'll try the burning thing. You're saying the actual coloured ones have a coating themselves right?

>>1537298
the colored ones are definitely coated, the copper colored one may also have a clear coating. It looks like the copper is wrapped around the white, so my guess would be copper+white = microphone, red+green+black=speakers. Also once you have it working be sure to wrap each wire in some tape to keep them from shorting.

burn the coating off the wires before reconnecting

If you want to stand any chance of fixing this you need to solder the wires back together. Twisting wires back together means it will break the moment any pressure is put on it. So either buy a soldering iron and learn to use it or accept that the headphones are broken, im afraid those are your choices.

>>1537279
USB or 3.5 mm? Regardless, burn the coating off anything copper and solder it to the corresponding wire on the other side, and re-insulate each individual wire with shrink tube or electrical tape, it's not rocket science.

>>1537282
Quit buying squid branded headphones.

The fibers are for strength. Higher end uses Kevlar which will dull a knife.

You will need to separate all that from the wires and remove any coating on the wires. Then solder them back together. Working with flexible wire like that is a real bitch.

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>>1537300

3.5 mm, but as you can see it's a single jack for mic and headphone. I'm sorry, I got these on a pack with the mouse, keyboard and the mousepad. Ok I'll unwind each wire, separate every fiber from it, hold a lighter to it for (time), then wind them together because I don't have a solder. Wish me luck

here's another pic of the little bastard

>>1537315
That's going to be almost unusable. Get a Hazard Fraud soldering iron and solder/flux ASAP.

Youtube how to fix them for a video that explains what everyone is saying. Or take them to a phone repair shop and ask if they'll fix them. It's a super easy repair so it might be pretty cheap.

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>>1537323
Youtube at best suggested replacing at the speaker, where the wire starts. Alright guys brace for some gore, this is only one side I "unbraided"

That black previous one I'll have to do again, I messed up and cut it too short

Here's the little white bastard

Alright girls, I think I got the hang of it. I messed green up a bit, but it went better this time. What do you think, can this work? I'll go back and redo the other side I think

white is looking much better

Holy shit, halfway through I wanted to kill myself. So, I redid the other side, should I proceed to the burning? How long do I expose them to the flame? How will I know if it's done, or that I fucked up?

Also yes, I acknowledge you told me it's worthless without a solder, and my best option is likely just taking it to someone. I'll wait for your last appraisal before I burn em.

>>1537358
Cables looks be separated from supports quite nicely, how ever i would recommend against burning as that technically effects coppers conductivity as recedue from paint stay on the copper surface.

My advice is to use fine sand paper to get most of it. Burn to get rest loose and use sand paper again to remove recedue. This way you get cleanest connections.

Also before you make any permanent connections with heat shrink test everything. You dont want to be making everything looking good to find that it does not work.

>>1537358
Soldering isn't that hard, you can learn it for this and call it a life skill. I would recommend separate flux in addition to the iron and solder, and heatshrink too if you want to be fancy.

So glad I stopped buying wired headphones. I do not miss dealing with this shit.

Future suggestion though, if you hate wireless, buy headphones that disconnect up at the ear. That way if your cat chews up the wire or general wear fucks the wire up you can just buy a replacement wire online for 10-20 bucks.

Can buy a clip on mic for 10 bucks that sounds way better than the one that comes with the headset too.

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>>1537364
looks like I'll have to get a solder huh... all I have is this shitty nail file. This is what a single pass did to a plastic cover on a hb2 pencil. If I wait for tomorrow I can probably get sandpaper and maybe a cheap solder plus... flux.. and iron... and heatshrinks...? If you're absolutely sure I should play it safe on this one then I'll wait. I'd love to wing it but... well sometimes I guess it's just not worth it.

>>1537376
I agree, this one came on a pack, and since I'm not on the us techno shit comes kind of expensive, so I just took it.

>>1537307
Who is this semen demon?

I hate that enamel shit (that apparently can only be soldered properly in a factory) with such such a fury that I can solder them with my stare alone.
I'd rather rewire the whole thing than try to splice that shit.

>>1537388
http://darkerthanblack.wikia.com/wiki/Yin

>>1537279
Holy fuck nuggets, OP. Just crank your soldering iron's heat up a bit and you can just kill the enamel with a solder blob while you tin the wire. A nice two-fer. I fix wires like this all the time because I'm a goddamn klutz with my headphones. It's not hard, man. Don't let the wires play mind games on you.

>>1537805
Oh, just saw you don't have an iron. You're not going to fix this in any satisfactory way without a soldering iron.

>>1537805
>>1537806
Yes, I'm waiting on my pay to get the stuff. a follow up will come!

With all the shit on 4ch@n, why the fuck are these the kind of threads where I find myself staring at a screen and hitting F5 for two hours?

>>1537372
>Soldering isn't that hard

>>1537376
>buy headphones that disconnect up at the ear
Yeah, I did that too. I had an issue where the cable was often braking at the headset so I used a 4 pin xlr, because 4 pin jack plugs and sockets are unreasonably expensive for some reason and an bulky xlr is easier to work with anyway. I had no problems with them ever since (before I had to fix them 5 or 6 times), probably because the plug has a better grip on the cable so it doesn't fuck it up. It also looks professional even though I had to burn a hole through the case of the headset but the socket covers it up

>>1537353
I'm proud of you OP

>>1537377
I dig your humility.

>>1537316
smug kitty is smug

nigga just burn the coating off and match the colors and solder, cover with electrical tape
Why even make a new thread? Ask it in the stupid questions thread or google it you dunce