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Soldering to perfboard - where to find tinned copper wire?

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Moriambar:
Hi there.

I have a couple of project that I'd like to build on perfboard, as simple as that.
The problem is (because I am stupid, probably) that I seem not able to find the kind of rigid tinned copper wire (without plastic shielding I mean) that you always see on online videos. Those seem nice to use (they can be bent into place, and easily soldered), while I'm currently stuck to a "wire wrapping cable" 30 AWG, which is ok for bridging over connections (due to the plastic shielding) but is flimsy and is a bit of pain (and smell) to solder.

I actually do not know what to search for (and where: do I go to digikey, or stick to aliexpress?) since I got nothing.

Can anyone please help?

Cheers

piguy101:
I'm not exactly sure what you mean. Do you mean magnet wire?
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/sparkfun-electronics/PRT-11363/1568-1088-ND/5230957

This is the stuff with an enamel insulation that can often burn away easily with a soldering iron. No stripping necessary.

Moriambar:

--- Quote from: piguy101 on February 17, 2019, 10:33:53 pm ---I'm not exactly sure what you mean. Do you mean magnet wire?
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/sparkfun-electronics/PRT-11363/1568-1088-ND/5230957

This is the stuff with an enamel insulation that can often burn away easily with a soldering iron. No stripping necessary.

--- End quote ---
No, I mean "tinned copper wire", not enameled… like you can see in the attached image from a Great Scott! video on youtube.
those vertical bars.

EDIT: thanks for your idea. Of course it is good, but it's not exactly what I was searching for, and I'll use it if nothing else pops up!

tsman:
If you search for "tinned copper wire" you'll get lots of results so I'm confused as to what you're looking for...  :-//

langwadt:
"bare tinned bus wire" or there about

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