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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Harrison" <peter.harrison@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] stripping wirewrap wire


> Well, by a sort of coincidence, I came across the Radio Shack wire-wrap
> tool.
>
> http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103243&cp
>
> I even found a supplier in the UK who had one. It is very cheap compared
> to a 'proper' hand wrap tool and has a little stripping tool in the
> handle. This tool is only about 35mm long and proves to be exactly what
> I have been looking for. It reliably strips 30AWG wire and seems to
> leave no nicks on the conductor. It is much easier to use than the
> typical stripper built into the usual type of hand wrap tool. I may have
> to order a couple more for the inevitable day when I cant find it.


I remember buying one of those here in the UK, it must have been 30 years
ago. I didn't like the stripping tool very much, although it was better than
the one built-in to the other hand tool (made by OK, IIRC). I used a
separate wire stripper.

Leon
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