Jerry:
There is one thing I would add for stripping the toroids with the Hakko
808...Holding the toroid in your fingers WILL burn your finger tips, the
copper wire conducts the heat almost immediately...Holding the toroid
with pliers might damage the enamel...Place the toroid on the workbench
and place a weight on it, covering only half the toroid and leaving the
wires exposed...The weight keeps the toroid from moving around, leaves
the other hand free for adding solder, and saves your fingertips...
Might I humbly suggest merely holding the toroid at the OTHER end of the
wire being tinned...? E.g. tinning lead #1, hold closer to the Lead #2
side of the core. The heat dissipates quickly as it goes around a few tunrs
of the core.
Several folks have also had good luck sticking their toroids on a pencil
point... or into a long, slightly tapered wooden dowel.
73,
Tom N0SS
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