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James wrote:
Anyone recommend a decent automatic wire stripper, mainly for use with
electronics projects and automotice work ? (occasional use but frequent)

Time to put the old stanley knife away before I hurt myself trying to
splice a wire

I have, I reckon, every type ever made, and only one stands out as being
better than the others - and by a big margin. It's not fully automatic in
that it has four apertures in the cutters so you do have to guess which
one to use - but this isn't difficult. All the universal ones I've tried
that attempt to set themselves automatically will let you down at some
time by not stripping or even snapping thinnish cable.
However, it's also one of the more expensive ones. This is the one I've
got :-

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/Tools,+Storage+&+Handling/Pliers,+Cutters,+Strippers+&+Crimp+Tools/IDEAL/45-092/displayProduct.jsp?sku=TL00598

There are other makes IIRC that use the same principle and may be cheaper.

Gets used for both car and electronics.

Worth noting most of these strippers need at least some space round them
to be used which is fine in the workshop but may not always be available
when working on a car loom. So a choice is always worth having - like one
which works from the end of the cable rather than the side.

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*A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

Dave Plowman London SW
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