[Elecraft] Stripping toroid leads

Richard Fjeld rpfjeld at outlook.com
Wed Apr 6 13:29:55 EDT 2016


I try to keep a working wood-burner pencil for jobs that will ruin the 
tin on my soldering pencil.
I often clean the trash off the leads, or pencil, by wiping them with a 
rag or cloth glove.

Dick, n0ce

On 4/6/2016 11:35 AM, Edward R Cole wrote:
> I always figured the enamel should be removed.  I just scrape them 
> with a small razor knife which leaves the copper bright and ready for 
> tinning.  Melting the enamel with my solder iron results in a messy 
> glob on the iron and not a very clean lead. 



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