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wire stripping techniques...

wire stripping techniques...

2003-04-10 by Markk :-)

I have been known to use my teeth once or twice...

Markk

Well, I use a dull pocketknife and a straight pin to pick apart the
braid. Seriously - I'm in the stone age still.

Ashamed Moe

> But, the point is that if you do a lot of this, you want a good
tool for the
> job. :)
>
> Larry H

Markk II Studios / Digital Nightmare Productions
"You can never have too many synthesizers..."

RE: [motm] wire stripping techniques...

2003-04-10 by Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)

When I was your age, we didn't have teeth, we had to leave it out under the boiling-hot mid-day sun, and wait for the wire to MELT AWAY the outer conductor! Kids these days!

OK, so now that we have wire stripping covered, what about tinning? What exactly is that all about?

--PBr

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From: Markk :-) [mailto:markk2studios@...]
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 8:54 AM
To: MOTM
Subject: [motm] wire stripping techniques...

I have been known to use my teeth once or twice...

Markk

Well, I use a dull pocketknife and a straight pin to pick apart the
braid. Seriously - I'm in the stone age still.

Ashamed Moe

Re: wire stripping techniques...

2003-04-10 by Mike Marsh

I always tin.  It makes it much easier to stick the (multi-stranded) 
wire thought the pad without a teeny little stray shorting something 
out.  And it makes it easier to solder in place.  Good advice: always 
tin!

Mike

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)" <noise@A...> 
wrote:
> When I was your age, we didn't have teeth, we had to leave it out 
under the boiling-hot mid-day sun, and wait for the wire to MELT AWAY 
the outer conductor!  Kids these days!
>  
> <snicker>
>  
> OK, so now that we have wire stripping covered, what about 
tinning?  What exactly is that all about?

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> --PBr
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Markk :-) [mailto:markk2studios@c...]
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 8:54 AM
> To: MOTM
> Subject: [motm] wire stripping techniques...
> 
> 
> I have been known to use my teeth once or twice...
>  
> Markk
>  
>  
>  
> Well, I use a dull pocketknife and a straight pin to pick apart the 
> braid. Seriously - I'm in the stone age still.
> 
> Ashamed Moe

RE: [motm] Re: wire stripping techniques...

2003-04-10 by Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)

Sorry, should have been more clear-- what exactly IS tinning?  And how does one do it?  (All Paul's module wires come pre-tinned, so I haven't had to do it myself yet...)

--PBr

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Marsh [mailto:mmarsh@...]
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 11:49 AM
To: motm@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [motm] Re: wire stripping techniques...

I always tin.  It makes it much easier to stick the (multi-stranded) 
wire thought the pad without a teeny little stray shorting something 
out.  And it makes it easier to solder in place.  Good advice: always 
tin!

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)" <noise@A...> 
wrote:
> OK, so now that we have wire stripping covered, what about 
tinning?  What exactly is that all about?

Re: [motm] Re: wire stripping techniques...

2003-04-10 by Scott Evans, Gen Mgr

Tinning is the pre-application of solder to a surface that will be 
soldered later. It helps the final solder application flow properly 
without excessive heating and makes a clean solder joint. It is easy to 
accomplish. Heat the wire to be tinned and apply solder so that the 
surface is covered. Just make sure not to apply too much solder or the 
lead will not fit into the PCB hole. Also, do not tin the coax leads 
with organic solder. Use the no-clean.

Scott
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> Sorry, should have been more clear-- what exactly IS tinning?  And how does one do it?  (All Paul's module wires come pre-tinned, so I haven't had to do it myself yet...)
> 
> --PBr
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Marsh [mailto:mmarsh@...]
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 11:49 AM
> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [motm] Re: wire stripping techniques...
> 
> 
> I always tin.  It makes it much easier to stick the (multi-stranded) 
> wire thought the pad without a teeny little stray shorting something 
> out.  And it makes it easier to solder in place.  Good advice: always 
> tin!
> 
> 
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)" <noise@A...> 
> wrote:
> 
>>OK, so now that we have wire stripping covered, what about 
> 
> tinning?  What exactly is that all about?
> 
> 
>  
> 
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 
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Re: wire stripping techniques...

2003-04-11 by Mike Marsh

Oh, sorry!  Tinning refers to addind solder to the wire after 
stripping.  Touch the wire with your soldering iron and add a bit of 
no-clean.  Obviously, it changes the color from copper to 'tin'...

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)" <noise@A...> 
wrote:
> Sorry, should have been more clear-- what exactly IS tinning?  And 
how does one do it?  (All Paul's module wires come pre-tinned, so I 
haven't had to do it myself yet...)
> 
> --PBr
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Marsh [mailto:mmarsh@w...]
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 11:49 AM
> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [motm] Re: wire stripping techniques...
> 
> 
> I always tin.  It makes it much easier to stick the (multi-
stranded) 
> wire thought the pad without a teeny little stray shorting 
something 
> out.  And it makes it easier to solder in place.  Good advice: 
always 
> tin!
> 
> 
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Brousseau, Paul E (Paul)" 
<noise@A...>

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> wrote:
> > OK, so now that we have wire stripping covered, what about 
> tinning?  What exactly is that all about?