[Elecraft] Stripping toroid leads

[David Anderson]

I seem to recall they could produce cyanide fumes. Best to use good ventilation and a fume extractor fan with filter if you are doing a lot of them. I like the smell of solder flux, but after reading about the health problems they can cause I invested in a fume extractor here.

73 from David GM4JJJ

> On 6 Apr 2016, at 00:08, Don Wilhelm <don at w3fpr.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, the fumes from that burnt enamel are quite nasty.  I would say they are more harmful than normal solder flux vapors.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
>> On 4/5/2016 6:58 PM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
>> The ³Blob Method² worked well for me in building the K2 (and now the K1);
>> but it might be important not to inhale.
>> 
>> At the time I looked into what¹s in the fumes when both the solder and the
>> enamel coating on the wire are smoking.  While I don¹t know exactly what
>> the coating is on the particular wire supplied by Elecraft, in general
>> when it¹s vaporized the coating is vile stuff.  I set a fan on the
>> workbench to direct the fumes away from my face; and I still held my
>> breath for each winding leg.  Makes it useful to learn how to do a fast
>> Blob Strip.
>> 
>> Ted, KN1CBR
>> 
>> 
>>> Message: 11
>>> Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2016 22:32:59 -0400
>>> From: Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com>
>>> To: lstavenhagen <lstavenhagen at hotmail.com>, elecraft at mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K1 (still) a classic!
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>>> 
>>> LS,
>>> 
>>> There is a "secret" to soldering the grounding wires to the base of the
>>> crystals.
>>> . . .
>>> 
>>> It is easier for me than stripping and tinning toroid leads.
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> Don W3FPR
> 
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