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From: pauldan@hou2e.UUCP (P.SAUNDERS)
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: How to fab One-Of-A-Kind systems?
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Date: Fri, 24-May-85 14:56:05 EDT
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>     Every time I need to do another board, I debate shelling out the
> bucks for one of those OK electric jobs.  Is it worth it?  Any
> recommendations of pre-cut, pre-stripped vs. continuous feed wire?

I have obtained terrible results from using the "Just Wrap" tool; mine
was disposed of a few years ago.  Seems that the wire would never cut in
through the insulation consistantly; also, the stuff was more prone to
coming through the insulation when the wire was bent around a pin (not
a good thing to do anyway, but it happens).

I've had best results using an OK-type hand-wrapping tool.  I've found that
the electric gun doesn't save as much time as one might think, and the wraps
are usually better with the hand wrapper.  The time taken to actually wrap
the wire is maybe 10% of the time taken for each wrap, so the gun's speedup
isn't very effective.

Pre-cut, pre-stripped wire is a blessing, and is worth every penny.  
When not using this, I use wire in rolls, and a "clip-and-strip" is 
a *must* for this.

Dan Masi