>From recent postings: > I started using Teflon sleeves in windings because I ran out of small Teflon wire wrap wire I was using. Without Teflon on the wires, and with normal mag wire, the enamel was easily scratched. Not only that, lightning would punch through from enamel to core, or from wire to wire.
** Telon is easily nicked, the type of wire used in modern vehicles is very robust but with the sleeves plain ole magnet wire works well and allows even smaller winding bundles. RE: binocular cores and sleeving.... I didn't have the right size of Teflon sleeves in my junque drawer, so I cut appropriate lengths of used soda straws from McD's, slit them lengthwise, then cut off the excess (lengthwise). Then I curled the cut straw sections and pushed them through the cores. The result is a near perfect fit with a slight overlap at the lengthwise cuts. The overlaps can be oriented toward the "outside" of the core so the wire won't have a tendancy to open up the overlap. 73, Charlie, N0TT _________________ Topband Reflector
