the funny thing about telephone wire, as sold as telephone wire, is that the conductors are often metal impregnated nylon. So when trying to feel the difference between the jacket and the conductor... you could easily miss a few microns of copper or aluminum, or carbon dust bonded onto the surface of the filament while it cools; cutting through plastic till you find you're all the way through, wondering where the metal was hiding. . I gave up on that, I still insist I want "bell" wire when I do new phone jacks. I have to make up for that inability.
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, Victor Gouveia wrote: > And before everyone goes thinking I'm going to talk about a buxom blonde or > fiery redhead, don't go there. > > Seriously though, My father and I have always used a utility knife to strip > wire. > > We would lay the wire to be stripped across our thumb in a cross pattern, > then put the knife of the blade parallel to our thumb. > > This would allow for a more proper gauge of how much housing we were cutting > off the wire and how deep we needed to go. > > I know, it wasn't the most safest way of stripping wire, but it was fast and > pretty accurate and does what you need in a pinch. > > I've never cut myself, and the biggest problem I've ever had was with > telephone wire and it's minute housing. > > I had to do those with my teeth, but the utility knife worked out with every > other wire I ever had to strip. > > Victor > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
