In article , Nick Atty
wrote:

While agreeing with all of Andrew's caveats, I'd add that you can adapt
a trick from electronics and use a pair of thin-nosed pliers on the wire
to act as a heat sink. In this case you're going to end up with two
pairs of pliers and the iron and the solder all to go in, so unless you
are an octopus you are going to need a friend, or some haemostatic
forceps.

Elastic bands holding the pliers shut works for me.

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