RE: [BlindHandyMan] My Favourite Wire Stripper

2007-03-23 Thread Larry Stansifer
Beldin wire products has a pliers type stripper that works
extremely well.
The only down-side to it is that it is a bit bulky to be
using behind an instrument panel or other extremely tight
spots.


Regards


Larry Stansifer 

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Victor
I have also used a knife for this task and yes it does work
pretty well until you are following a speaker wire on a home
system and some how end up with the hot cord of your wifes
favorite lamp in your hands and end up cutting that instead.

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Subject: [BlindHandyMan] My Favourite Wire Stripper

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



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RE: [BlindHandyMan] My Favourite Wire Stripper

2007-03-23 Thread spiro
you know there are a great company, and I mean that. They have informative 
website and neat products. Too bad far far too many folks, (present 
company excluded) think that their stuff is anything other than mid-fi.
but we've all seen the kid on the bike who thinks they are ready for cross 
country travel on that Schwinn.
No offense intended.


On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Larry Stansifer wrote:

 Beldin wire products has a pliers type stripper that works
 extremely well.
 The only down-side to it is that it is a bit bulky to be
 using behind an instrument panel or other extremely tight
 spots.


 Regards


 Larry Stansifer

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 Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] My Favourite Wire Stripper


 Victor
 I have also used a knife for this task and yes it does work
 pretty well until you are following a speaker wire on a home
 system and some how end up with the hot cord of your wifes
 favorite lamp in your hands and end up cutting that instead.

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 From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
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 Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 7:47 PM
 To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
 Subject: [BlindHandyMan] My Favourite Wire Stripper

 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



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Re: [BlindHandyMan] My Favourite Wire Stripper

2007-03-23 Thread spiro
yes, on both counts.
Re: the wire stripping, a long line down the wire allows for the parting 
of much insulation. If necessary, shaving that side flat and then slice it 
down.
I think the company I like the most is Columbia River. They use a nice 
metal that allows for quck sharpening.


On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Tom Fowle wrote:

 the so-called telephone wire like the kind used in modular cables
 isn't intended to be stripped, you need to use a strip and crimp
 tool intended for the purpose that puts the modular plugs onto
 the wire.  It's the modern version of what used to be called
 tinsle wire.  It can't be stripped or soldered because of the
 cloth, or now-a-days, plastic that's incorporated into the wire
 its self.

 A knife technique that can be good for doing larger wire is to
 slice along the length of the insulation instead of across it.
 This way when you hit the stranded wire, the strands will be more
 likely to move asside from the blade.  Yu then can peal back the
 insulation from the wire and cut it off after you've bared as
 much wire as you want.  This works best on wire say #14 or
 larger.  Particularly good system for stripping the sheath off of
 coaxial cable.

 tom


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[BlindHandyMan] My Favourite Wire Stripper

2007-03-22 Thread Victor Gouveia
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 



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RE: [BlindHandyMan] My Favourite Wire Stripper

2007-03-22 Thread Robert J. Moore
Victor
I have also used a knife for this task and yes it does work pretty well
until you are following a speaker wire on a home system and some how end up
with the hot cord of your wifes favorite lamp in your hands and end up
cutting that instead.

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Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 7:47 PM
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Subject: [BlindHandyMan] My Favourite Wire Stripper

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



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Re: [BlindHandyMan] My Favourite Wire Stripper

2007-03-22 Thread spiro
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




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