Also the vapour from the evaporating insulation is highly toxic, which is why you should use this type of wire in a very well ventilated environment. It is a very useful repair tool or prototyping aid, though, I have to admit. To be honest, I just grab the little reel of wire and tack one end on, then unroll across and tack, and so on i.e I don't use the wiring pen at all. A very fine, very hot soldering iron tip is needed. The insulation vapour tends to corrode the tip, though. > ---------- > From: steven crook[SMTP:s.crook@MPBE-SDH.DEMON.CO.UK] > Reply To: pic microcontroller discussion list > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 1998 12:58 AM > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: Vector P-173 wiring pencil > > In message , MEvans1027 writes > >Hi All -- > > Is anybody out there old enough to remember the Vector P-173 > wiring > >pencil? > >-- Mel Evans mevans1027@aol.com 813/595-7685 > > > > Old enough, of course not. What you are describing sounds like a > wiring > pen made(?) by RoadRunner Electronics in the UK. It is available > through Farnell Electronics (www.farnell.co.uk) and consists of a > plastic pen (mine is white) with a wire reel at the top that is > dispensed via a stainless steel tip. You can route the wire around > the > ic pin and then through plastic 'combs' between the legs. The > insulation is QSE, quick soldering enamel, that vapourises with a hot > soldering iron (bit hotter than normal). Vero do/did a similar thing > (catalogue now Electrospeed) with a pink wire. RoadRunner had 4 > colours, different gauges etc. > > I like this stuff a lot and did a 6309 board plus 2 peripheral boards > with it. Have to be a bit careful debugging since a probe short can > fuse a whole channel full of wires. This evokes another blast from > the > past - Redo from start > > Regards > > -- > Dr. Steven Crook > Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering > Salisbury District Hospital phone +44 1722 > 336262 x 4120 > Salisbury, UK fax +44 1722 > 425263 > S.Crook@mpbe-sdh.demon.co.uk >