Steve Great idea: did you use self-fluxing enamel wire? This is common on small gauges used in signal circuits but not so common on large gauge wire used in power transformers that I recall.
David G3UNA > On 21 March 2022 at 14:38 SteveL <lawr...@woh.rr.com> wrote: > > > As a valuable side note, the Hakko 808 makes an excellent enameled wire > stripping/tinning tool for toroids and similar. I prop my up vertically, > melt a blob of solder in the tip, plunge the enameled wire into the tip > through the solder blob, wait a second or two and activate the vacuum. The > excess solder is whisked away along with the enamel insulation leaving a > brightly tinned and stripped wire. > > I believe I’ve actually used my 808 more for this than desoldering! It > actually made building the toroids for a K2, T1, and other projects fun. > > Consider this valuable additional function as you justify the cost of a > similar tool. > > Steve > AA8AF > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 d.cut...@ntlworld.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
