Insulation on magnet wire.

[Anonymous]

Can someone tell me a easy way to get the
insulation off small magnet wire. Thank's

 

[Anonymous]

Need to change that.
Only insulation at end's of magnet wire.

 

[Anonymous]

You can put the end of the wire into the flame of an alcohol lamp. There is also a chemical made by GC Electronics, called Strip-X.
( It smell terrible, but works well.)
Available from Fistell's in Denver

 

[Anonymous]

100 grit to 120 grit sandpaper works well on heavier magnet wire, thicker than about 28 to 30 AWG. The insulation on thinner magnet wire is best removed with chemicals. If you have litz wire with many strands of very fine wire, the chemical method is the only way to go.
bbsailor

 

[Anonymous]

Thank's,
I been useing a sharp blade on #30 and smaller wire
the smaller wire brakes sometime.

 

[Anonymous]

Do what the big guys do, When You buy magnet wire go direct to a wholeseller of magnet wire. and order the size You want and add the name solder - bond .
soldering iron and hot solder will melt the insulation off and tin the wire, to bond You apply a little alchol or You can apply low voltage and high amps accross the windings when it starts to smoke the coil is bonded. note best to use adjust a volt rated at 20 amps. good luck.

 

[Anonymous]

The small trigger type butane torches work pretty well at removing the bulk of the insulation, then brighten with some fine sand paper, 220 works well. It only takes a pinch of flame on the finer wire, you don't want it glowing red.
The company via the link markets a number of cool stripping products, both chemical and mechanical.

 

[Anonymous]

I called the company I posted a link to, the chemical stripping pot is $1,000 bill wow! The mechanical strippers are not cheap either, $500-$800 range. I'd have to build a truckload of coils to justify that.
They do have a pretty neat video of the chemical stripping pot in action, did a bang up job on some fine stranded magnet wire.
You can buy the chemicals there, I think one could buy the parts for the pot at McMasterCarr for quite a bit less than $1,000 though.

 

[Anonymous]

You can use a hand drill to strip wire.
See the link.

 

[Anonymous]

Use 400-grit wet-dry sandpaper, wetted with water, and sand the varnish off. This works well, even with very fine wire (like #42).
Or, use an ordinary methylene-chloride based paint stripper, like "5F5". Put the wire in a blob of 5F5, wait 5 minutes, then wipe the wire clean with a paper towel.
It's easy to overheat the wire with a flame, especially that from a torch.