Stripping 20awg Teflon wire, Suggestions Please

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mcshaner2k
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Re: Stripping 20awg Teflon wire, Suggestions Please

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Thanks everyone! I really appreciate all the feedback.

I'm going to give those westwards a shot.

I really want the wiring to come out neat and clean on this build. For me this has been the most challenging part of assembling an amp. The fact that I was muscling around with these pieces, especiallly the short ones. It's left me very unsatisfied with the overall appearance of the wire itself, having multiple ugly little bends from struggling with it.
I've seen some fine examples on here with wiring that's straight as an arrow with perfect bends and methotically thought out paths. This is what I'm shooting for.
I used 20ga cloth on my first amp. It was simple to strip but I did nic some of them and a few broke on me after completing the amp. At the time I wasn't aware of the fact nicking the wire can cause it to break off so easlily. I was paranoid about the rest of the wiring so I re wired the whole amp in stranded.
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Re: Stripping 20awg Teflon wire, Suggestions Please

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^ I thought the whole point of the cloth stuff was that you don't have to strip it, just push it back?
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Re: Stripping 20awg Teflon wire, Suggestions Please

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these kick ass
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