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  • Bike Helmet Boom Mic: Housing

    The last time around, this involved silver soldering the boom wire directly to the mic housing. This time, I filed a fishmouth in the smaller tube and epoxied it to the tube that’ll hold the mic capsule:

    Bike Helmet Mic Boom - housing
    Bike Helmet Mic Boom – housing

    The smaller tube is a loose slip fit for #10 copper wire, but that’s really too heavy for the boom. I’ll probably nestle #12 wire inside another tube and epoxy that whole affair in place.

    The mic capsule tube needs a rounded notch filed in one end to accommodate the wire.