[Boatanchors] [armyradios] Re: [TestEquipTrader] WTB: Thermal Wire Stripper

[J. Forster]

The idea of rolling it across a piece of NiChrome wire is interesting.

Thank you,

-John

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> The best I've used are HOTweezers, with a controller in a red box, and the
> stripping end is a pair of tweezers.  The current path is through one
> tweezer side, through the wire, and returns to the other tweezer side.
> Light-weight and easy to use.
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> Another type has two heated elements in a hand held device where the jaws
> are compressed against the wire.  Kinda clunky to use.  Std use is to melt
> the insulation down to the wire while rotating and then pulled the trim
> bit
> off with fingernails.
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> There are a lot of surplus electronics in the aerospace "rust belt", Los
> Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, Boston, etc.  My favorite, Industrial
> Liquidators in Los Angeles, closed down 2 years ago.  Used to have
> HoTweezers for $20, and the other type for $10.  Another way we did big
> wire
> was to use nichrome wire between insulators connected to fil xfmr and
> variac.  Heat the wire and roll the wire on it.
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> Teflon fumes are toxic to humans at high concentrations but are extremely
> toxic to birds at low concentrations.
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> 73 de don ad6pb
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> From: armyradios at yahoogroups.com [mailto:armyradios at yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of J. Forster
> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2013 5:20 PM
> To: Doug
> Cc: testequiptrader at yahoogroups.com; armyradios at yahoogroups.com;
> boatanchors at mailman.qth.net; boatanchors at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [armyradios] Re: [TestEquipTrader] WTB: Thermal Wire Stripper
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> They probably are to EPA and OSHA for production/workplace use. Damn near
> everything is these days.
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> I need to strip maybe 100 wires and cannot tolerate nicked conductors on
> #22 (19 strand). A small fan will disperse the fumes.
>
> -John
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>> On 05/25/2013 07:12 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a decent, used thermal wire stripper that will do
>>> Teflon
>>> wire.
>>>
>>> There was one that was in a small blue-grey box that sat on the bench
>>> and
>>> had a little 'front porch' that actuated a microswitch to turn on the
>>> head. It was made a " ??? Magnetics".
>>>
>>> The stripper head was like a pair of pliers with two "U" shaped wire
>>> loops
>>> that got near red hot.
>>>
>>> Something like that would be good, but others considered.
>>>
>>> If you have something, please drop me a note off-list.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> -John
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>> Aren't fumes from heated teflon toxic?
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>> --doug
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