The video on tinning toroid leads, does point out the ease of doing it by first scraping even a single bare copper spot on the lead, and then starting the application of iron heat and solder wire there.
I had not seen this before. He used an Xacto knife blade and one swipe to start the spot. Keeping the blade on a slight slant and scraping away from you should preclude any nicking of the wire. Stuart K5KVH _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com