Radio Shack Wire-Wrapping Tool

From: Richard Erlacher <richard_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Wed Aug 2 21:53:41 2000

Do you suppose they've changed the way they make this type of tool? I've
had mine for about 15 years, and they've always worked fine for both
wrapping and unwrapping. Those blue (or red) anodized hex-shaped ones are
identical to the ones made by OK Tool, which work OK too, but given the
choice, I'd use the RS (silver) with the swivel cap like a jeweler's
screwdriver every time. I had three of them right up to the time my elder
son and his buddy used two of them to wire up blinkenlights for their
gloves. (whatever that was for) Since then I've had only one.

Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: Dwight Elvey <elvey_at_hal.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 7:19 PM
Subject: Re[2]: Radio Shack Wire-Wrapping Tool


> Hi
> Mine doesn't work as an unwrapper like the little blue ones
> do. I prefer the wire stripper in the blue ones over the
> jeweler's screwdriver type stripper. The best stripper
> I've used was one that looks a little like a pair of pliers
> with while plactic boxes on the end.
> Dwight
>
>
> "Richard Erlacher" <richard_at_idcomm.com> wrote:
> > Try unwrapping with it. Perhaps you'll be surprised!
> >
> > Dick
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
> > To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 4:27 PM
> > Subject: Re: Radio Shack Wire-Wrapping Tool
> >
> >
> > > "Doug Coward" <dcoward_at_pressstart.com> wrote:
> > > > What happened, did everyone throw away their electric wire wraping
> > guns???
> > > > I still have mine. :-> With it's power cord it's too big to
misplace,
> > what
> > > > I keep losing is the unwrapping tool. Does this tool (P/N:
276-1570A)
> > have
> > > > a unwrapping tool at one end??
> > >
> > > No, it has a freely-rotating end piece, like jeweler's screwdrivers.
It
> > > has no unwrapping feature. However, it's so much more pleasant to use
> > > than the typical double-ended hand tool that I use the latter *only*
for
> > > unwrapping.
> > >
> > >
>
>
Received on Wed Aug 02 2000 - 21:53:41 BST