[sdiy] Wire Strippers

[Tom Bugs]

I've had a couple of Weicon ones for some years: 
https://www.rapidonline.com/weicon-51000005-professional-wire-stripper-no-5-86-0320
Will check today whether they're good for particularly thin wire. My 
regular day-to-day use is 22awg I think.
Weirdly, the older set I have is very reliable - the slightly newer set 
I got has very slightly tighter jaws and sometimes strips out a few 
wires along with the insulation (which wouldn't be good for narrow gauge 
wires!)
I almost always ignore the adjustable stripping length feature - the 
strippers automatically adjust to whatever gauge wire you use.

On 30/01/2025 04:39, Ben Bradley via Synth-diy wrote:
> In 1985 or so I spent $40 on Palladin wire strippers that looked a lot
> like this:
> https://www.amazon.com/Greenlee-1113-Stripax-Stripper-Cutter/dp/B0006BHCFO
> They worked great for 30 years or so. The slide on top adjusts for
> insulation thickness. The one you linked to.apparently asjusts
> automatically as shown in the video, but I don't know how it does
> that.
>
> On Wed, 29 Jan 2025 at 18:46, Terry Bowman via Synth-diy
> <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:
>> 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/
>>
>>
>> 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"
>>
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>>
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>>
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