How do you flare ends of 3/32" brass rod when building 5.5 bullet parallel connectors

[barryaclarke]

When building the 5.5 bullet parallel connectors, how do you flare the ends of the 3/32" rods that are inserted through the connectors? I have tried a center punch and it does not work or I am doing something incorrectly. Any suggestions would be helpful

[Boaterguy]

why do you have to? if you're soldering them on flaring the ends shouldn't do anything.

[Drax21]

When I done mine I soldered both ends first. You can hammer them upwards too so the catch either side on the connectors and they won't slip off.

[JimClark]

don't ask the same question in two places be patient

[Boaterguy]

you could hammer a tapered pin into it and it might flare the ends out.

[barryaclarke]

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