Ian Stirling wrote:
I was told, twenty seven years ago, that this puts
carcinogenic chemicals into the air.
So does soldering. You could assemble your K2 with glue, however that
too has toxic solvents. Best bet is a fan and hood to suck up the lead
fumes and deposit them somewhere outside [like your neighbor's back
yard?], but that requires a hole in the roof which is decidedly
non-spouse-friendly. I have a table-top "smoke eater" from back in the
days when Californians still smoked which does a pretty good job of
keeping the toxics out of my lungs [I hope].
I use a scalpel blade to scrape the enamel off.
Seeing the shaved enamel on my workbench
You're more adept than I am. I tried that and found I invariably nicked
the wire and I had a couple of leads break as I was pulling them tight
in the holes. I tried sandpaper which worked but took forever and made
a lot of dust. Solder blob with the iron up to 800F works for me,
however I do it backwards to N0SS' method ... I start at the core and
work out to the end. Perhaps it is because I'm left-handed, my wife
says I do everything backwards.
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2007 CQP Oct 6-7
- www.cqp.org
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