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Automatic wire strippers!
These were not available "40 years ago". Nor must you "get the wire into
the right hole". Apparently this idiot cannot follow a link and does not even know what tool it is talking about... -- Michael Black et472 ncf.ca wrote: Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!news.xcski.com !ncf.ca!not-for-mail From: Michael Black et472 ncf.ca Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt Subject: Automatic wire strippers! Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 00:02:46 -0400 Organization: National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Lines: 83 Sender: et472 mtrlpq4362w-lp140-02-65-94-148-220.dsl.bell.ca Message-ID: alpine.LNX.2.02.1704142356340.7080 darkstar.example.org References: ocmcis$1b8$1 dont-email.me el856hFr2bkU1 mid.individual.net ocooou$2u4$1 dont-email.me ocp0km$uo7$1 dont-email.me NNTP-Posting-Host: mtrlpq4362w-lp140-02-65-94-148-220.dsl.bell.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Trace: theodyn.ncf.ca 1492228462 14327 65.94.148.220 (15 Apr 2017 03:54:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: complaints ncf.ca NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Apr 2017 03:54:22 GMT In-Reply-To: ocp0km$uo7$1 dont-email.me User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (LNX 1266 2009-07-14) Xref: news.eternal-september.org alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt:35970 On Thu, 13 Apr 2017, Paul wrote: John Doe wrote: VanguardLH V nguard.LH wrote: http://www.irwin.com/tools/pliers-ad...wrenches/self- adjusting-wire-stripper https://www.amazon.com/IRWIN-VISE-GR...ting-Stripper- 2078300/dp/B000OQ21CA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1492117062&sr=8-3 &keywords=Self-Adjusting+Wire+Stripper Tried it on some regular power cord wire. Wonderful. I so wish I had this decades ago. Then again, it wasn't available decades ago. Not that I do that much, but it would have been so much nicer. Wire stripping has always been a hassle. I do not like losing a strand or two of stranded wire. Apparently this tool does not damage the wire. Automatic wire strippers have existed for a long time. We had a pair at work. Only problem with them was: 1) Price. They charged "industrial" prices for them. 2) Probably didn't work quite as well as the one you got. They look like a good idea, which is why I've had a set for almost 40 years, getting it for Christmas one year. But they don't work out the same way. You get used to using cutters to strip off insulation, getting the depth right, and it's relatively easy. You do have to fuss with automatic wire strippers, to get the wire into the right hole (though some use some other method like a plastic razor blad or something so you don't have to fit the wire into the hole). But the biggest issue is they don't work where they might best be used. If you have a short piece of wire, it's hard to hold the wire and then the cutters to get the insulation off. But if the wire is too short, the tool hasn't got enough space to hold the wire, either. I thought they'd be great if you needed to strip a piece of wire already soldered into a circuit, where again you may not get a tight grip on the wire, and the soldered joint isn't strong enough to hold as you strip. But the auto wire strippers are big, and use up a lot of space in operation, and that limits their use in tight chassis. So after a period of using them, I exiled them to the back of the tool drawer, a neat idea that doesn't work out so well in everyday use. I suppose if I was stripping a lot of wire of the same length, they might be useful. Michael I played with ours at work, but felt no attraction to them. They were a novelty item in the tool chest. I did most of my work with this style. http://www.officedepot.com/a/product...Stripper-Wire/ Everyone has probably seen this kind, and these suck. It takes a good deal of practice to keep the wire nicking to a minimum. I used these for some number of years as a hobbyist, before I got my first T-5 style stripper. The non-automated ones still take practice, but the ones in the following picture make the practice brutal. I expect a lot of people, this is all they had on sale at the hardware store. http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/ma...9937p.html#srp And there are all sorts of insulation types, each with their own foibles. Not every wire stripping job is easy. Paul |
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