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   jfeng@my-deja.com to Rheilly Phoull   
   Re: Hookup wire   
   07 Jun 19 21:33:12   
   
   On Friday, June 7, 2019 at 8:42:52 PM UTC-7, Rheilly Phoull wrote:   
   > On 7/06/2019 10:50 pm, jfeng@my-deja.com wrote:   
   > > On Friday, June 7, 2019 at 5:02:19 AM UTC-7, Rheilly Phoull wrote:   
   > >> Yeah good for soldering but I found it bad for breaking at the joint.   
   > > It is a matter of skill and craftsmanship.  You have to learn to strip the   
   > > insulation without nicking the wire.   
   > >    
   > That was using the fancy stripper and checking for nicks, I put it down    
   > to the stiffness of the insulation.   
      
   My stripper looks like a pair of needle-nose pliers with a machined groove   
   near the tip.  I think they cost about $50.  It works really well on Kynar,   
   Teflon, and the PVC used in the rainbow-colored IDC flat able.  It was made to   
   strip the end for wire-   
   wrapping, and any nick would have made the wire too fragile to wrap.   
      
   I also prefer 2A tweezers to do the point-to-point manipulation, and 63-37   
   solder.   
      
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