On 4/6/2016 2:44 PM, EricJ wrote:
Looks identical to the wirewrap tools that were around ~30+ years ago or so. I still have one as the fine wire is great for making minor PCB changes or repairs. Never thought to load it with enamel wire as you do. It would make it even easier to make those changes/repairs.
No, wirewrap is completely different. It uses insulated (_not_ enameled) #30 wire that must be stripped before wrapping. A motorized tool wraps around 0.25" square posts. The sharp edges cut into the wire to make a gas-tight connection. The connection is not soldered.
Trust me -- Early in my career,I spent hundreds of hours making thousands of wirewrapped connections, and I even bought a Gardner-Denver AC powered tool for home use (vs. the battery-powered tools we used at work). I still have that tool, and a thousand feet of #30 wire, but I do little wrapping these days.
The Vector tool is just a plastic "pencil" with a hollow metal tip through which the enameled wire feeds. You manually wrap the wire around a pin, move the pencil to the next pin, wrap that, and cut the wire. Then you solder both pins. The solder melts through the enamel to make a normal joint.
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