I think there is a took called a "hot knife" as it was recommended to me over and over before I hopped the hurdle and got to a level in something else where I didn't need it.
Squeezing the recently cut line through something like a roll of cardboard might save the fingers some. But what I think would really do the job is that stuff that they sell for wiping solder tips. I can't find it anymore, but it is a non burn cloth. It smokes and tinks and gets singed, but even a 900d tip wont burn it on a quick wipe. Rolling the hot synthetic through that, will save the fingers and be flexible with some working that the synthetic can be rolled. Cutting a bit of teflon insulation and rolling the hot rope through that will do as much. Teflon won't shrink till about 550f and won't singe till about 940 o so. On Fri, 19 Jan 2007, Tom Fowle wrote: > I'd not use my electronics soldering iron for cutting line, I > made a tip for the purpose for a standard weller gun out of > number 12 solid copper wire. cut a few inches and bend to suit > your desires, don't miss the little 'L" bends where it fits into > the ends of the gun. I hammered the end bend in my new tip to a > flattish shape and it does fairly well. > > BTW, if you have a gun and havn't used it in a while, loosen > those two little nuts that hold the tip, remove the tip from the > gun and go over the ends of the tip and the places where it hits > the gun with very fine emery paper to clean it up of corosion. > > You'll be amazed how much faster the tip gets hot. > > without practice heat cutting line makes kind of a mess. > what the real sailors do is cut the line and roll it in fingers > while still hot to produce a nice hard pointed end. This keeps > it from fraying and makes an end that's easy to push through > blocks guides and the like. > > This makes for lousy braille reading afterwords so I don't > reccommend that procedure. > > you can also put a bit of shrink tubing over the burned end of a > line and shrink it up, that makes a pretty neat job > > tom fowle > > > > > > Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
