[ARC5] Tape

[Clare Owens]

Oh, and in the drawer of pre-cut 30ga yellow wires I still have the little
flat metal squeezer thingee that magically holds tight to the teflon wires
while you are stripping them with the special pliers :-)  I tend to hang
onto nice old stuff.  I guess that's one of the reasons I participate in
this list.

Clare


On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 12:35 PM, Fuqua, Bill L <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu> wrote:

>   That reminded me about the neat stripper that IBM used to use for their
> #30 teflon wire.
> They used modified long nose pliers. Anyone remember those?
> 73
> Bill wa4lav
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Fuqua, Bill L
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 12:33 PM
> To: WA5CAB at cs.com; Arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: RE: [ARC5] Tape
>
>    Full circle type wire strippers will work but not in the way most do.
> The stripper must almost make contact with wire all the way around and the
> teflon cold flows to either side
> and the small very thin bit left will snap into when you pull the wire
> thru the closed stripper.
>   I use the small Leatherman strippers like the ones you can get at Radio
> Shack. Another neat thing
> about these is that I use them to strip small solid conductor shield
> teflon coax. I use a larger gauge hole
> to scribe the shield and snap the shield into and slide it off and then
> strip the inner conductor. It will work
> down to about .05 diameter coax.
>   73
> Bill wa4lav
>
> ________________________________________
> From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] on
> behalf of WA5CAB at cs.com [WA5CAB at cs.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 11:21 AM
> To: Arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Tape
>
> I agree with Bill.  The only thing "awful" about Teflon insulated wire is
> that mechanical strippers don't work well with it.  Thermal strippers do.
>
> Robert Downs - Houston
> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
> MVPA 9480
>
> In a message dated 04/25/2013 09:38:52 AM Central Daylight Time,
> wrcromwell at gmail.com writes:
> > On Thu, 2013-04-25 at 03:47 -0700, don davis wrote:
> > >Yes, Kapton is the right stuff.  Teflon is awful.  Mylar film can be
> used
> > OK
> > >as well as polyolefin tubing.  Spaghetti tubing made of fiberglass is OK
> > and
> > >is period correct.  RTV might work - but ONLY electronic grade.  Leads
> > can
> > >also be epoxy coated to immobilize them.  Lead inductance shouldn't make
> > a
> > >difference with electrolytic caps at audio frequencies.
> > >
> > >73 de don ad6PB
> >
> >
> > Hi Don,
> >
> > I have some teflon insulated wiring that has been in place for years.
> > Apparently the memo about how awful teflon is wasn't out and that wiring
> > doesn't know any better than to work. Maybe those other products are
> > better choices in new applications today.
> >
> > Maybe the post about the lead length came from somebody who didn't know
> > these caps are not being used at UHF. At power and audio frequencies the
> > inductance doesn't amount to anything at all.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Bill  KU8H
> >
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