[Elecraft] Stripping Enamel Wire(Toroids)

[Andrew O. Ojwang]

David,

Oh yes this is the 21st Century of course.

Andrew(5Z4FT/KI4LTH)

At 13:30 3/7/2007, you wrote:

>The wire used for these toroids is I believe in the category of 
>"self fluxing" meaning it is designed to dissolve in the presence of 
>the "high" temperature of molten solder.  It is microscopically thin 
>and the quantity that we work on per hour is very small compared to 
>an industrial set up where all the right fume extraction is installed.
>
>Scraping is what we used to do before this was available and I 
>believe weakens the wire leading to unreliability.
>
>David
>G3UNA
>
> >
> > From: "Andrew O. Ojwang" <ojwanga2 at asme.org>
> > Date: 2007/03/07 Wed AM 09:32:46 GMT
> > To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> > CC: Al & Dianne Bruce <dabruce at smnet.net>
> > Subject: [Elecraft] Stripping Enamel Wire(Toroids)
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Use a lighted match stick or cigarette lighter to burn away the
> > enamel(carefully), then use fine sand paper, and Surgical Spirit on a
> > cloth to clean away the dirt.
> >
> > Solder wire should have special flux to capture the rest of the dirt
> > to make tinning easier.
> >
> > You will find that the wires will be easier to tin, after this.
> >
> > Andrew(KI4LTH/5Z4FT)
> > K1, T1, Hopeful
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