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Re: Soldering/layout technique -thx

5/11/1998 9:41 PM
Charles	Re: Soldering/layout technique -thx >>About wiring several wires to terminals, what is the technique of stripping wire/tinning and wrapping it around terminals, and also wrapping component leads around terminals and through eyelets. << I use a dedicated stripper. Different ones for different wire types. They work real nice, since you hardly ever break a wire, and it's real neat looking too. Stranded wire gets tinned first before being trimmed and bent to fit the terminal/turret lug. I try to get a decent mechanical fit, but only use a half wrap (like a J shape) since it's much easier to service later that way. For eyelets that have never been used, it's just stuff-and-go. For used eyelets, as in service, I pull all the components from that eyelet and suck out the hole with my Pace machine, then... it's stuff-and-go.

5/11/1998 9:41 PM

Charles

Re: Soldering/layout technique -thx

>>About wiring several wires to terminals, what is the technique of stripping
wire/tinning and wrapping it around terminals, and also wrapping component leads around terminals and through eyelets. <<

I use a dedicated stripper. Different ones for different wire types. They work real nice, since you hardly ever break a wire, and it's real neat looking too.

Stranded wire gets tinned first before being trimmed and bent to fit the terminal/turret lug. I try to get a decent mechanical fit, but only use a half wrap (like a J shape) since it's much easier to service later that way. For eyelets that have never been used, it's just stuff-and-go. For used eyelets, as in service, I pull all the components from that eyelet and suck out the hole with my Pace machine, then... it's stuff-and-go.

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