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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: stripping wirewrap wire

From: "Roland F. Harriston" <rolohar@...>
Date: 2007-04-22

If you need to place jumper wires on the PCB and you have to have the
jumpers insulated,
there is a type of magnet wire that has a type of insulation that
quickly disintegrates when
the heat from a soldering iron is applied to it.

I don't recall the name of this type of coated magnet wire, but I think
it is readily available.
I have a bunch of it that I got from old inductances and transformers.

Roland F. Harriston
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Andrew wrote:
>
> > Peter H wrote:
> >
> > <SNIP>
> > The stripper in a typical hand-wrap tool
> > for example, I find all but useless as I
> > can get an adequate grip on the wire and
> > to leave a short strip of 1mm or so
> > needs two operations - a long strip
> > followed by trimming back.
> > <SNIP>
>
> I find the stripper stored in the back of
> my little hand-wrap tool to be fine for
> getting off 1mm or so of insulation from
> the wire.
>
> The trick is to slide it down the blade
> and then once it is at the bottom - spin
> the tool around 180 degrees (WRT the wire
> axis). Spin more than 180 degrees and
> you may compromise the wire.
>
>