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From: jeff@abnji.UUCP (jeff)
Newsgroups: net.analog
Subject: re: "Just Wrap"
Message-ID: <348@abnji.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 20-Feb-85 13:19:08 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 20 13:19:08 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 22-Feb-85 20:13:51 EST
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[I'm apathetic and I don't care!]

	I have used the "Just Wrap" tool (a similar product by another
company is called Slit-n-Wrap).  (The just-wrap is mainly plastic whereas
the slit-n-wrap is metal and thus more expensive). I have mixed reviews
from my experience and that of others.

	The tool works on the principle that a sharp edge rubs along the
wire as it is wrapped around the post.  This creates a slit in the insulation
and the exposed wire makes an allegedly gas-tight connection to the post.
I have found it easy to foul up and wind up making a poor or no connection,
since it cannot be visually checked.  Using some hi-rel sockets, the
pins spun as I wrapped so I had to have a chip in the socket to prevent
them from spinning.

	A classmate who wirewrapped a project loved his.  He claimed no
bad connections after learning how to handle the tool.  Once you get
going, it's really fast (it has a built in cutter - no need to
pick out the appropriately sized wire and load the tool for each end).

	A friend who is a technician thinks they are garbage since
they don't make reliable connections.

	And that's the way it is.  February 20,1985.  And you were there.


					Jeff 'am I an EE yet?' Skot
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