[TowerTalk] Info for stripping enameled wire

[Tower (K8RI)]

I've been following this thread and my only question is, Why?

Other than stripping the ends for soldering and a little heat does that
nicely, what reason would there be for going to the trouble of stripping off
the enamel?

Roger Halstead (K8RI, EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
N833R, World's Oldest Debonair (S# CD-2)
www.rogerhalstead.com


> Another product to remove enamel from wire is Eccostrip made by Emerson
and Cummings. It  also easily removes the Formvar coating used on some
enameled wire and Formvar has to be one of the most hateful films to remove.
>
> It should be pointed out this stuff will even strip the gears out
> of the mother-in-law so it is not the sort of thing to leave
> around were you have kids.
>
> If you spill it on something, kiss the finish goodbye as you can't
> wipe it off fast enough to keep it from cutting through the paint or
> other protective finishes. Comes in a glass bottle.
>
> Chuck WD4HXG
>
>
> >
> > From: Tom Mattus <wa9wsj at yahoo.com>
> > Date: 2004/04/07 Wed AM 08:48:07 CDT
> > To: Towertalk at contesting.com
> > Subject: [TowerTalk] Info for stripping enameled wire
> >
> > Gents,
> >
> > I ran across this company that makes equipment for
> > stripping enameled wire. Since a solution for this was
> > asked about a few times before, I thought it might
> > come in handy to pass this info along.
> > The site is www.eraser.com
> > It appears their products are for production and no
> > price is given, hmmmm!
> > I have no affiliation with these guys, just passing
> > helpfull info.
> > Tom
> >
> >
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