I use a Knipex wire stripping tweezers https://www.amazon.com/Knipex-1511120-Coated-Wire-Stripping-Tweezers/dp/B003RWS8XE
I ordered the 0.5 blade which seems to be best for our small wire. Use a light pressure and this thing works great. Chuck Jack Hawley KE9UW Sent from my iPhone, cjack On Jun 12, 2020, at 11:25 AM, "qr...@roadrunner.com" <qr...@roadrunner.com> wrote: The old tried and true method is to use an X-acto knife to scrape the insulation off with. Simple, not very elegant but it always works. 72 Howard Kraus, K2UD -----------------------------------------From: "Robert G Strickland via Elecraft" To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Cc: Sent: Friday June 12 2020 10:03:58AM Subject: [Elecraft] stripping insulation from enamel wires Here's an old problem that I've never solved: how to strip the enamel insulation from wires for winding toroids. The instruction say: -dip in a solder pot which I don't have -use a soldering iron to, presumably, burn the insulation off which has never worked for me. Leaving soldering pots aside, the hot iron approach has never burned off any insulation even with tip temp's hovering around 1000F. Just doesn't happen. Maybe it's the soldering iron, maybe my method, but whichever, the enamel insulation just sits there. I end up using a file to scrape off the insulation which is tough on the wires and hard to predict when enough is enough. Any insightful hints? Thanks much. ..robert -- Robert G Strickland, PhD ABPH - KE2WY rc...@verizon.net.usa Syracuse, New York, USA ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: Message delivered to qr...@roadrunner.com Links: ------ [1] http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm /> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: </br<></a><a href= ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to c-haw...@illinois.edu ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
