It depends on whether your wire has "enamel" or "Ny-Clad" insulation. The darker enamel can be removed with a "paint-remover" like stuff that was sold in in little square bottles by CG and others. A quick search failed to locate any here, but I've got some somewhere (??)
The lighter color stuff is probably Ny-Clad and will have to be sanded, or scrapped off as the enamel remover won't cut it. I find that some 400 grit paper with take off most insulation without damaging the wire as can happen by scrapping. 73, Charlie k3ICH -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Robert G Strickland via Elecraft Sent: Friday, June 12, 2020 10:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] stripping insulation from enamel wires Here's an old problem that I've never solved: how to strip the enamel insulation from wires for winding toroids. The instruction say: -dip in a solder pot which I don't have -use a soldering iron to, presumably, burn the insulation off which has never worked for me. Leaving soldering pots aside, the hot iron approach has never burned off any insulation even with tip temp's hovering around 1000F. Just doesn't happen. Maybe it's the soldering iron, maybe my method, but whichever, the enamel insulation just sits there. I end up using a file to scrape off the insulation which is tough on the wires and hard to predict when enough is enough. Any insightful hints? Thanks much. ...robert -- Robert G Strickland, PhD ABPH - KE2WY [email protected] Syracuse, New York, USA ______________________________________________________________ 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]
