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Most everything is fixable. Just not always cost effective. Looks like a nice challenge. John

Real natural rubber causes corrosion in copper, so rubber insulated wire used tinned conductors to keep the two from meeting. XPLE is...

Bought it for the hobby. I can't discard old iron.

Cut the wire, If you see copper in the center of the wires its tinned

Here is another application tinned conductors were used. This vintage piece of GE Versatol Geoprene Train Jumper cable used 16...

Now that I think about it I think I used to get Marine cable that was tinned

The jacket probably had info on it that you could use to ID the wire. https://prioritywire.com/specs/Bare%20&%20Tinned%20Copper.pdf

Looks tinned from here. Tinned conductors in SO or SOW cable was often used in the mining industry among other places. Goes for #2 at...

Is it magnetic?

No it is not.

Cleaning out the barn and found some of my dad's old cable. Stripped it to take to recycle and found this one is silver. Thought it...

I'd put that in a press and gently ease it back straight..........with some luck it won't break.

That looks like either a 5176 (3.5") or a 5169 (4"). I've got a 5176 with a similarly bent slide that I was trying to straighten last...

Just finished the paint on this Ben Hur barn sale find.

Bought this Craftsman for $5 at a barn sale. It was intact and usable though tight. How would you try to straighten this slide...