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From: kensmith@sunybcs.UUCP (Ken Smith)
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: How to fab One-Of-A-Kind systems?
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Date: Tue, 28-May-85 00:43:17 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?
> -- 
> allegra!phri!roy (Roy Smith)
> System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute

	I've never used the "Just-Wrap" stuff, but the people I work for say
it's definitely not for novices; experienced people may even have trouble.
They loan me one of the battery-powered OK guns and that really saves my
sanity!  They are really nice compared to hand-wrappers.  Considering the time
saved they are definitely worth the $45 - $50 (Digikey or Jameco prices).
I don't use pre-cut because the boards I've been doing don't follow very
regular patterns.  I'd consider pre-cut for memory boards or the like.
I use those plastic spool holders with the stripper and cutter built in.
Just be careful how you grab the wire when you go to strip it; it's easy to
bend and (cringe) break the wire.  I grip the wire with needle-nose pliers
to strip it which seems to work well.  Typically I don't have trouble with
broken wire, just connections I missed...


-- 

						Ken Smith

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