simple wire stripper for tv degaussing coils?

I found a bunch of links on the web describing various types of wire strippers, e.g.



http://www.econostrip.com/products/858/
http://www.ctrecycles.com/page/1457941
http://www.americanrecycler.com/1204spotlight.html

Most of them are pretty expensive. Currently I am only stripping tv degaussing coils and doing it by hand which is pain in the neck. I was wondering if any of you used any of these wire stripper machines for either degaussing coils or regular insulated wire (e.g. various power cords)? Are they worth it?

Thanks

I dunno, I just cut thru one side of it with a box cutter & gloves & then pack it up & sell it with my other wire.
Theres copper wire in the coil around the small end of the TV tube & some in the transformers & some Ali as heatsinks.

But, this is VERY important.
When you have taken the back off, look at the small end of the TV tube, theres a plug there & inside the circle theres a small glass bit.
Put your safety glasses on & break that glass bit off with a small screwdriver or such.
I just rool it onto its face & shut my eyes & cover them with my arm & start kicking across the end of the tube with my boot a few times.
I don't mean to breaK the tube, just mash up the plug & break the little bit of glass inside/under it.
Once its broken you can hear the gas hissing as the air is drawn into the tube.
Once its stopped hissing its Ok & safe to work on.

If you break the tube while theres a vacuum still in it, the screen & tube will shatter into thousands of long fine spikes & explode like a glass hand grenade in a 10-15 foot radius.
I still can believe I never got harmed the first time I mucked that up & exploded the screen about 2 feet away from my face.
Glass everywhere, 4 inch shards everywhere, even directly behind me.
Nearly shat myself, probably would have if I was busting....

But yeah, degausser-tube coils-transformers-heatsink?-cabling-chokes. All good sources of metal from TV's.

Is the gas in the tubes harmful to the earth? That's the only reason why I don't break them.

Please, do a search for any more information on the safety of TV's. LOTS of misinformation out there...

Break the glass. no way, i never do. Un-screw the clamps, cut the wires and twist off the yoke. pull out the circut board, cut the degausing wire. if its copper strip it and if its alum wire i throw it across the room. done.

I just strip it by hand with a folding razor blade. A pack of blades is like $1.50, i think 10 blades, and I can make a blade last quite awhile. It's a pain in the @$$ until I pick up my copper bucket...just feeling the weight makes it worth it to me. Plus when the blade wears out I toss it in the scrap bucket. I don't mess around with the transformers, too much tape. Sell 'em as motors. I do bust up the other little pieces with copper wire on them tho, if i'm not in an area I can do it with a hammer a wire cutter to the ferrite works well. Then just pull off the spool and done.

After you've done 10 or 20 the deguassing cables are a piece of cake. Just slice the tape with the end of your blade...easy as pie...or cake !!

rca, IMHO, I think you will save yourself an awful lot of time if you strip it.