Wire trimming Tool

jwilliams79 · 2873

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline jwilliams79

  • Jr. Member
  • **
    • Posts: 15
on: September 02, 2021, 04:11:12 PM
Just started a crack build and was making decent progress until I got to this step with the green twisted wire.  What do you guys use for this step ?





Offline Paul Birkeland

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
    • Posts: 19316
Reply #1 on: September 02, 2021, 06:56:17 PM
For cutting wires? The CHP-170 is what you want!

Paul "PB" Birkeland

Bottlehead Grunt & The Repro Man


Offline jwilliams79

  • Jr. Member
  • **
    • Posts: 15
Reply #2 on: September 03, 2021, 05:40:19 AM
Thanks for the reply Paul.  I have wire cutters that are good. It's the trimming of the wire that has me confused. I started thinking trimming meant cutting and now the wire is too short to reach the tube socket. Instructions say to trim  an inch and a half off one wire.  Is it safe to ignore the trimming part and just strip the wire ?



Offline Paul Birkeland

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
    • Posts: 19316
Reply #3 on: September 03, 2021, 05:54:50 AM
Oh, I know what you're talking about.  The trimming is because the long end needs to go to A4/A5 and you don't need nearly that much wire to reach A9.  If it's just a little short, you can untwist the wire a little bit more.

Definitely do not ignore any of the directions, strange things can happen if you do that!

Paul "PB" Birkeland

Bottlehead Grunt & The Repro Man


Offline jwilliams79

  • Jr. Member
  • **
    • Posts: 15
Reply #4 on: September 03, 2021, 07:28:53 AM
Thanks PB,
 I have A9 hooked up ready to solder. Stay tuned I'm sure I will have more questions soon.