RE: Melted enamel spool, fixable??

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Original poster: "Pete Komen by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <pkomen-at-zianet-dot-com>

Hello Erik,

Wow!  I can't imagine handling a 350 lb. Spool.  I have a bucket pack of
around 75 lb. And it's hard enough to handle.  50 turns?  How can you tell?
That's about 1 1/2 inches.  I'd be inclined to cut off the melted enamel
part, sell that as scrap and use what was left.  Or wind it onto smaller
spools for resale (that's where just handling the big spool will be hard.)

Quite a find!  Good luck with it.  If you want to build good will, split any
earnings with the shop owner.

Regards,

Pete Komen

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Subject: Melted enamel spool, fixable??

Original poster: "Erik Byng by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<e_byng-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Hi there ya'll.

I spent some of my time last week hunting down a reliable source for magnet
wire locally, and wound up (no pun intended) visiting a rewind shop.

While there, I spotted this 350lb+(!) spool of 21awg heavy enamel mag wire
sitting on a pallet.  The only problem was that the first 50 or 60 layers on
the spool had been melted when, somehow, the enamel ran together, but only
on those first 50 layers. I got it for free(!), but I'm at a loss as to how
to fix it, any sugestions??

Thanks
Erik

p.s. walked out with 9 lbs 6awg mag wire as a gift for taking that "useless
spool"!! God I love america..

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