[Elecraft] Stripping toroid leads

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

As Don said, heat is important to use the blob method. I have a 275 watt
Weller D-550 gun with a fat tip that does a great job, but I still prefer
sanding. Just fold a bit of sand paper and trap the wire inside and pull.
Repeat while turning the wire until it's all clean, then tin.

Some enamel wire is more easily heat-strippable than others. In fact, I've
seen some brands advertised as "heat strippable" with "Thermaleze" or
"Solidon(r)" insulation.  

Like LS, I like the smell of hot rosin. It's part of Ham Radio for me. 

73, Ron AC7AC

 

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From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
lstavenhagen
Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 5:52 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Stripping toroid leads

Glad I use the sandpaper method on my toroid leads lol. In fact, funny this
should come up, because I just started winding my new K2's toroids this
evening. But the solder blob method fails on this kit in exactly the same
way as it did on my first K2 some years ago. It's possible that the tip in
my iron is too cold (weller WTCPT with 700f tip), but I can hold it onto the
wire forever and it'll never bubble up and burn off. Go figure.... 

But as others have noted, it scrapes off pretty easily so I just use some
fine sandpaper and I can clean them almost all the way up to the hilt (the
toroid body). Works perfectly as long as I'm not too aggressive and remove
too much metal.

I too kind of like the smell of flux, but I try to keep from breathing it in
too much.

73,
LS
W5QD



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