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dave and I found this stuff for sale in the local hobby shop, so I went back to today and bought it. Stuff cuts okay, but will prolly go with thinner stuff in the future. I also bought these tiny little brad nails to use as well, but didn't take pics of those.





To be honest with you, I can decide if this stuff is brass or copper, but I think it's brass. I'll wire up the bronco later to see if the brass even works as a shield. If not, I'll just go with copper.

That looks like the shielding in my Mustang. Just cut up bits of copper or whatever soldered to each other using bare wire.

theshadowofseattle wrote:That looks like the shielding in my Mustang. Just cut up bits of copper or whatever soldered to each other using bare wire.

I fully intend to.

Aug wrote:

theshadowofseattle wrote:That looks like the shielding in my Mustang. Just cut up bits of copper or whatever soldered to each other using bare wire.

I fully intend to.

My bad. I wasn't telling you how it's done, I was describing what the shielding looks like in the stang.

ah! Yea, that's why I mentioned it being either copper or brass. I suppose either will do.

that is very resourcefull mr aug.
let me know how that works out.

Nice, Aug. What did you use to cut them so cleanly? I have some wire cutters, but I can't cut through my anodized sheets of gold aluminum. I thought there maybe was a trick. Your sheets look thinner. Hell, why not, so long as they are thicker than Reynolds wrap, they will work.

I figured I would make a guard and use the scraps to do what you just did. It beats the crap out of copper foil tape. It's clean and can be soldered.

metal shears from Home Depot. They look like scissors.

Anybody ever try the copper shielding paint? I don't know how well it works.

i have used the sticky paper stuff, its not bad.
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I have been using real copper for shielding in the routes of my guitars for a little while now. You can cut it easy with a good pair of scissors.
It looks the part but i cant say its any better than normal shielding foil stuff

Hurb wrote:I have been using real copper for shielding in the routes of my guitars for a little while now. You can cut it easy with a good pair of scissors.
It looks the part but i cant say its any better than normal shielding foil stuff

I'm not saying it's better or worse, I just think it looks nicer.

It sure does.
I wasn't correcting anything you said, i know you haven't wired up yet. I'm just offering my opinion based on my experiences with the stuff.
I will put in whatever i can get cheaper (or quicker) at the time now i realise there's no difference. it does look nice but once the guards on it doesn't matter ya dig.

What are you using to melt the solder on there? the heat disperses too quickly to use a lower watt soldering gun. I ended up having to use skills involving my soldering blow torch

i never even thought about acually using copper, i always thought about just the tape stuff, i will have to try that,
just cuz, its whats under the hood that really intrigues most of us.

I use a MANLAND soldering gun.

I think that's called a Tig welder, right?

hahaha

oxy/acetyline, Mig, Tig, stick, plasma...