John Oliver wrote:
I'm going to have to do a lot of CAT 6 cabling between labs, and from
cabinets in each lab to central two-post racks. Wish I could just call
in a contractor, but... since I have to do this myself, I need
recommendations for really good strippers that will nicely and easily
pull off the appropriate amount of outer cladding without damaging the
tiny internal wires. There are a couple of really crappy strippers
around here with dull blades (that probably got that way after too few
Here's what I do...
Grab the last 3 feet or so of cable and slide your hand along it to
stretch the outer jacket 1/2" or so beyond the end of the conductors.
Cut the jacket flush with the conductors, and when you let go it will
slide back to expose the conductors. Then grab the conductors and push
the jacket back the other way to expose more of the conductors. Cut the
conductors back a bit so if you let go the jacket would slide back over
them, but don't let it. When you're ready crimp it, the jacket will have
a tendency to easily slide into the back end of the connector and be
crimped rather than to pull back from it.
With a little practice this works nearly as fast as using a knife-type
stripper, and you never have to worry about nicking the conductors.
Karl
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