[Elecraft] Re: Elecraft Digest, Vol 18, Issue 25 - Stripping coil windings

[JohnChanceRead at aol.com]

I have a pair of wire strippers - they are shaped like nail clippers but  are 
flexible and therefore limited the amount of pressure such that it cuts  
through the varnish but not the wire.
However I also use heat - not enough to burn off but sufficient to make the  
varnish brittle.
Withe the wire strippers I rotate them around the wire and then gently pull  
on the varnish.  In most cases the varnish is removed as a tube leaving a  
nice shiney copper wire.
I'm not sure of the mechanics of this but it certainly worked for me
John G4BOU