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On the other hand, some who seem to know what they're talking about say the twisting method is just fine. I also just read where silver soldering with a very small solder bead works fine too. After soldering you snip all but the last twist. Supposedly, the reduction in accuracy using silver solder is negligible. I'm guessing you'd need a real hot flame to do silver soldering?

Here's some informative stuff on DIY TC's from HB

http://www.home-b...t2460.html