[Elecraft] Stripping Enamel Wire (WAS: OT solder pot)

[Ian Stirling]

On Thursday 16 February 2006 00:53, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> The wire Elecraft uses also strips very easily when drawn over a slightly
> sharp edge. 

Exactly.
  I use a medical scalpel.
 There are toxic vapours burning the enamel directly.
  K2 number 4962 is fully functional, and I wound the
coils, scraped them with the scalpel, and tinned them
myself with practically no vapours from the enamel.

Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962
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