Charlie, I use emery cloth. Just put a small piece between your thumb and
forefinger, insert the end of the wire, and rotate the wire back and forth.
About 20 oscillations and the enamel is all gone and the wire is slightly
rough such that it holds solder very well. Good luck, es 73 de Milt, N5IA
At 02:05 AM 2/11/98 -0000, Charlie Summers wrote:
>Hello to all!
>
>I am winding some toroids for beverage antennas and find that scraping the
>enamel insulation off the wire is a pain. Does anyone know if there is any
>solvent out there that will take this off merely by dunking the end of the
>wire? I haven't been able to find one yet that will do the trick. Perhaps
>scraping is the only way.
>
>What say some of you beverage types?
>
>73,
>
>Charlie, W0YG..>>
>
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