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Default "Backstabbed" wiring: bad rap?

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On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:53:45 -0400, "Robert Green"
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I had a cable stripper that was set perfectly to strip RG6QS for the
compression connectors I use. It was perfect but a buddy spun it

backwards,
the blades popped out and all the king's horses and all the king's men
couldn't put it back together.


If that is the stack of metal plates with a couple razor blades in it,
there should be a tool included to set the blade depth.
It is a metal rod with fly cuts at the proper depth. Clamp it in the
stripper, set the blades to just touch the rod and tighten up the
screws holding the stack together..


If only it went back together and stayed together. Once it threw the
blades, it didn't go back together worth a damn. It's very possible that
some tiny wire springs popped out when it "barfed its blades." I've not be
able to find a similar, three-bladed replacement but I keep looking. );
Thanks for your input.

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Bobby G.