I only had a couple of problems building the K2/100, various options,
and a KAT100-1. I'd suggest a Dremel tool for stripping paint and
anodizing and a pocket knife for stripping 20ga enameled wire. Use the
pocket knife to get most of the enamel off before you start to tin it.
The smaller gauge wire strips fine with the hot solder blob trick but
the 20 ga wire was a bear until I used the pocket knife trick.
Other people probably have better luck using sandpaper to scrape off the
paint on the insides of chassis, but I find the Dremel much more
controllable and saves a lot of time.
I was sanding for 45 minutes on the KPA100 heat sink trying to remove
the anodizing until I gave up and got a new Dremel wire brush bit. The
Dremel takes less than a minute and has more control over the area
affected.
You'll probably need a Dremel for the transverters, too. My buddy Greg
had better luck with the Dremel than sandpaper on the transverters.
Hey Wayne and Eric, could you get the painters to mask off the parts for
the KAT100? Actually, I've already finished the thing, so maybe everyone
else can have the same fun I did. :)
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Hisashi T Fujinaka - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BSEE(6/86) + BSChem(3/95) + BAEnglish(8/95) + MSCS(8/03) + $2.50 = latte
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