[sdiy] Wire Strippers

[Roman]

I've used this for years. It has a couple of different changeable jaws, but I only use the flat ones, which are rated from 0.02 to 10mm sq. Quite large range I think. 
Usually I strip 28 to 24 AWG with them. 

Roman 

---- Użytkownik Terry Bowman via Synth-diy napisał ----

> My bad eyesight is really giving me a hard time right now. I need new glasses and that will take months. Meanwhile, it's taking forever to strip a few wires. I have to look very closely at the stripper to find the right hole/slot over and over from one end to the next. This is ridiculous.
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> Is there such a thing as a "reliable" self-adjusting wire stripper that can do smaller wire, say 18-28AWG? I don't need the electrician's model.
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> I'm looking at the stuff all over this page and not getting particularly excited:
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> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085JSQ97Q/
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> I once saw something that works like a cigar "circumcisor" (as Dr. Gene Scott called it). That would be even more convenient. It might have been in a synth video. If I have to I'll buy more than one stripper and set each for a specific gauge.
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> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
> "The Mac Doctor"
> 
> https://www.astarcloseup.com
> 
> "Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact."—Carl Sagan, Psychology Today, 1996

---- Użytkownik Terry Bowman via Synth-diy napisał ----

>My bad eyesight is really giving me a hard time right now. I need new glasses and that will take months. Meanwhile, it's taking forever to strip a few wires. I have to look very closely at the stripper to find the right hole/slot over and over from one end to the next. This is ridiculous.
>
>Is there such a thing as a "reliable" self-adjusting wire stripper that can do smaller wire, say 18-28AWG? I don't need the electrician's model.
>
>I'm looking at the stuff all over this page and not getting particularly excited:
>
>https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085JSQ97Q/ <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085JSQ97Q/>
>
>
>I once saw something that works like a cigar "circumcisor" (as Dr. Gene Scott called it). That would be even more convenient. It might have been in a synth video. If I have to I'll buy more than one stripper and set each for a specific gauge.
>
>
>Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
>"The Mac Doctor"
>
>https://www.astarcloseup.com
>
>"Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact."—Carl Sagan, Psychology Today, 1996
>
>
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