I have a vague feeling that enamel wire fumes are fairly toxic, hence I used to sandpaper them first to remove most of it prior to a roasting with a lighter. My workplace used to have an enamel wire stripper, which was a funky bit of kit - 3 blades that spun round :-)
- Alex On Sunday, 8 December 2013 23:02:22 UTC, AlexTsekenis wrote: > > For any diameter of enamel-coated wire larger than a strand of hair, the > burnt enamel should be removed to expose the copper. Otherwise solder > wetting will be poor and the soldering process frustrating. > You can do this using fine sandpaper, a file, or a sharp knife. Burning > the enamel first makes removal easier. For thin wires the soldering iron is > adequate. Larger diameters require a lighter. Even large diameters a small > blowtorch. Tin the wire prior to soldering using a generous amount of flux. > This will also show you if you did a good job scrapping off the burnt > enamel. > > Alex > > On Sunday, December 8, 2013 10:55:05 PM UTC, Gideon Wackers wrote: >> >> Well the first board is filled with tubes, and my head is filled with >> headache from peering at the board.. The enameled wire was very hard to >> solder even after burning off the enamel layer. Although I do not dare to >> show the abomination that I call "soldering" the tubes are all connected. >> Don't worry I know how to solder, but the enamel wire was giving me a very >> hard time. The nice thing about the enamel wire was that it was easy to go >> through the forest of component legs. I'm off to bed. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/e18122d0-7790-4277-87b9-a15fb0b0e6f5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
