I have used plastic coffee stirrers from the fast food joints; they start out smaller and they cost the same... ;-)
73, geo - n4ua On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:48 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > From recent postings: > > > I started using Teflon sleeves in windings because I ran out of small > Teflon > wire wrap wire I was using. Without Teflon on the wires, and with normal > mag > wire, the enamel was easily scratched. Not only that, lightning would > punch > through from enamel to core, or from wire to wire. > > ** Telon is easily nicked, the type of wire used in modern vehicles is > very > robust but with the sleeves plain ole magnet wire works well and allows > even > smaller winding bundles. > > > RE: binocular cores and sleeving.... > I didn't have the right size of Teflon sleeves in my junque drawer, so I > cut > appropriate lengths of used soda straws from McD's, slit them lengthwise, > then cut off the excess (lengthwise). Then I curled the cut straw > sections > and pushed them through the cores. The result is a near perfect fit > with a slight overlap at the lengthwise cuts. The overlaps can > be oriented toward the "outside" of the core so the wire won't > have a tendancy to open up the overlap. > > 73, > Charlie, N0TT > _________________ > Topband Reflector > _________________ Topband Reflector
