14 Feb
2017
14 Feb
'17
12:57 a.m.
On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 1:32 AM, Paul Koning <paulkoning at comcast.net> wrote:
I have a hand tool from OK Tools (looks a bit like a
coil alignment tool).
Ditto. Wrap one end, unwrap the other. I've never bothered to get a more
advanced wire wrap tool. I even made a couple of DEC backplanes using
it.
It works fine. It also has a wire strip blade built
into the handle, which is
by far the best tool for stripping wrap wire. (Typical wire strippers don't
handle wire that thin, and the tip of a soldering iron won't do the job either
because the insulation is heat resistant.)
But I will disagree with you there. The best tool in my experience is a hand
rotary wire stripper (which spins a pair of blades around the wire, doing a very
clean cut through the insulation. A close second is the little hand stripper
made by CK tools, designed for wire wrap wire.
Incidentally, since the insulation is heat-resistant and the wire takes solder
very easily, I find wire wrap wire to be the best thing (soldered in place) to
repair or modify PCBs.
-tony