>    > I have some 38 ga stranded wire, PVC insulation, that
>    > I need to strip reliably.  Current theories include using
>    > the fork of a scissor, fire, or a knife edge.  No wire
>    > stripper I have here available comes even close to
>    > being small enough.
>    >
>    > Once stripped, it needs to be solderable, so fire is
>    > an iffy proposition.  Any ideas?
>    >
>    > Mike H.
>    >
> Fire will work - it leaves a little bit of "soot" which
> is easily wiped off.  Are you sure it's PVC and not enamel?
> There are acid gel strippers for enamel.  Maybe for PVC too
> but then you have to neutralize the acid which is a mess.

It MAY not be PVC, but it is DEFINITELY not enamel.

> Also, with PVC insulation on that small a wire,
> I usually use my fingernails like a stripper.
> Of course, I'm not doing production when I do that.

Current best method involves the crook of a "squeezer"
type surgical scissor.  If I bend the wire into a "U" over
the crook, then tug the tag end, it seems to do a great
job of stripping it.  Sample size = 2, though, so grain
of salt.

> If this is for production, you really should buy a proper stripper.

Not production, per se, because at most perhaps a dozen
of the final assemblies will be made.  At a wire cost of $1/ft,
we aren't going overboard on these.

Mike H.

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