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John Rumm wrote:

Dave Stanton wrote:


I still use an old pair of manual wire strippers made by bib, remember
them ?,. Cant get on with the auto strippers we have at work. But might
get a pair of those screwfix ones.

Takes alot to beat:

http://custom1.farnell.com/cpc/produ...ct%5Fid=268280

for simplicity it has to be said - very good at splitting cable
lengthways as well when required.



Why has no-one mentioned the simple pen-knife yet?

T&E - slide it down the CPC and it slits the outer, then pinch the end
of L or N between your thumb, the knife and your index finger and roll
it a bit. Off pops the end.

Ok, it only works on solid cores properly (with thin stranded you run
the risk of losing a few strands, but it's fine for all the T&E I've
tried) and works best when the inner insulation (the red/black bit)
isn't glued to the cable and is free to rotate, but variations on this
have made me "lay aside" practically every wire stripper I've ever
tried... and it is much better at getting into tight places too :-)

The only caveat I have is that it really needs a decent pen-knife to
work. I mislaid the tool for a couple of days and had to use a Stanley
- not anywhere near as good, probably down to the shape and material of
the blade.

Hwyl!

M.

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