[Elecraft] Winding of coils and toroids

[Steve Lawrence]

Here's another idea...  I clamp a short pencil in the metal jaws of my 
vise, then impale the wound toroid on the blunt point (point sticking 
partly thru toroid center).  There's enough give in the wood/windings to 
hold the toroid firmly, and no danger of crushing the 'roid, or scratching 
the wire...  And it's quick to reposition:  a slight pull and the toroid 
is off, a press and it's back on.  I used this method for preping and 
tinning leads on my K2 and K1.

Just another of probably 100's of ideas.

73,
Steve
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"Steve & Anne Ray" <sbralr@earthlink.net>
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When tinning the toroids I have a cheap little plastic vice to hold the
toroid, you do not want to use a regular metal vice or clamp, that you 
could
accidentally over tighten and break or weaken the toroid or wire.  Another
way is to clamp your soldering iron in a vice and hold the toroid to tin 
it,
unfortunately the wires can get hot.