Thanks one and all for the tips.

It seems to me that I'll take the newly soldered cable to my friend's house and borrow his Dremel tool. The Dremel is on my wanted list and after viewing those cutters at Micro Mark the 80999 is too.

Strangely enough, the propane torch didn't seem to help matters and my soldering gun took forever to heat. Eventually I got the cable reasonably filled with lead solder and will see tomorrow (Saturday) how well the Dremel does its thing.

It's like everything else in this hobby or any other, every time I turn around it costs me money to some little chore. [:-]