[Elecraft] Toroid stripping/tinning

[Bill K9YEQ]

Mel, 

I had all I could do to keep my mouth shut as I understood you post
completely.  If you didn't own one of those old irons, it would not be
understood so easily.  I did!


73,

Bill
K9YEQ
K2 #35; KX1 #35; K3 #1744; mini mods
ATS-3B

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Mel Farrer
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 4:48 PM
To: Ken Kopp
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Toroid stripping/tinning

Sorry, I was following the thread using a old wood burning iron.  Those tips
were pure screw on copper.  No plating.  You are right on any of the modern
tip/irons.

Mel

--- On Wed, 11/11/09, Ken Kopp <k0pp at rfwave.net> wrote:

From: Ken Kopp <k0pp at rfwave.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Toroid stripping/tinning
To: 
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 11:14 AM

Hi Mel,

Filing, cutting or otherwise breeching the plating
on an iron's tip will hasten failure of the tip due
to accelerated oxidation of the core metal.

But, yours is a workable suggestion if you have 
a replacement tip. (:-)

73! Ken Kopp - K0PP
     ElecraftCovers at rfwave.net
     http://tinyurl.com/7lm3m5
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