As Don said, heat is important to use the blob method. I have a 275 watt Weller D-550 gun with a fat tip that does a great job, but I still prefer sanding. Just fold a bit of sand paper and trap the wire inside and pull. Repeat while turning the wire until it's all clean, then tin.
Some enamel wire is more easily heat-strippable than others. In fact, I've seen some brands advertised as "heat strippable" with "Thermaleze" or "Solidon(r)" insulation. Like LS, I like the smell of hot rosin. It's part of Ham Radio for me. 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of lstavenhagen Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 5:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Stripping toroid leads Glad I use the sandpaper method on my toroid leads lol. In fact, funny this should come up, because I just started winding my new K2's toroids this evening. But the solder blob method fails on this kit in exactly the same way as it did on my first K2 some years ago. It's possible that the tip in my iron is too cold (weller WTCPT with 700f tip), but I can hold it onto the wire forever and it'll never bubble up and burn off. Go figure.... But as others have noted, it scrapes off pretty easily so I just use some fine sandpaper and I can clean them almost all the way up to the hilt (the toroid body). Works perfectly as long as I'm not too aggressive and remove too much metal. I too kind of like the smell of flux, but I try to keep from breathing it in too much. 73, LS W5QD -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Stripping-toroid-leads-tp7615955p761596 0.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
