4 Jun
2010
4 Jun
'10
1 p.m.
On 04/06/10 19:55, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Funny you should mention that--AFAIK, Radio Shack
still sells a
fairly nice $7 wire wrap tool, with a stripper hidden in the handle.
I have one and use it occasionally to manually wrap--it's eaier to
use than either my old Vector or OK tools.
Is that the little silver one which looks like one of those cheap
"precision" screwdrivers you get in those 6-for-$1 kits?
Part number 276-1570?
I ended up importing one of those -- RS wouldn't sell it to me over the
web so I got someone to buy one for me and shove it in an envelope.
Great little tool -- and one of the few I won't lend out to ANYONE.
The other tool on my "Not For Loan" list is a Paladin Tools 7000
"CrimpAll" ratcheted crimp tool, with the Molex pin-crimping die. Said
crimping die was a pig to find -- it was discontinued at the time, and
there were only three left, all on a shelf in a surplus electronics
place in California. Ended up calling in a few favours, got them shipped
to a friend-of-a-friend's girlfriend on the east coast, then had her
send them to me (the friend-of-a-friend and my friend wanted one each
too). Great fun, but worth it in the end :)
--
Phil.
classiccmp at philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/