1 Aug
2000
1 Aug
'00
12:47 p.m.
What??? They've got 'em again??? I'd best get down there and snag a couple!
Those are among a very few decent items they've had in the 25 years or so
since I first visited RS. It has a wire stripper in the handle, IIRC.
That's one of the handiest tools I've had. It is quite capable of producing
highly serviceable wraps, yet doesn't require you to mess up your circuit.
If you need one or two to put in various places where you whittle on your
work or that of others, I'd certainly recommend you give this one a try.
There's a little cut-n-strip tool made originally by OK-Tool Co. that's also
a handy tool for the occasonal wrapper's toolkit. It cuts off thewire and
strips a nominally 1" length of it at the end all in basically one stroke.
(When you pull the tool off, you take the insulation with you.)
As Martha Stewart would say, " It's a good thing!"
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh(a)aracnet.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 11:03 AM
Subject: Radio Shack Wire-Wrapping Tool
A week or two ago I expressed my doubt that you could
still get
Wire-Wrapping tools from Radio Shack. Well, I got one on Sunday, so I
figured I'd share the part number since the stores ar clueless for the
most
part (I was dumbfounded to find someone that more or
less knew what I was
talking about).
Wire-Wrapping Tool P/N: 276-1570A
It's one of the little ones that looks a little like a Jewelers
screwdriver, and it cost a whole $7.49 so needless to say I was just a
little bit happy. Now I can finally redo the serial ports on the DLV-11J
in my PDP-11/73 :^)
Zane
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