Quote Originally Posted by hills View Post
I don't get that much welding cable but i usually cut it into 12-18 inch lengths and run it through my electric stripping machine. The main problem is that the wire inside is a finely stranded wire and crushes easily. You have to set the cutter to a depth where it scores the insulation but doesn't really cut too deep. I pass it through a few times and that weakens the insulation enough that it peels off okay.

You've got the cutting wheel set a little too deep if the cable skitters off to the sides when you're passing it through. ( It's a fussy adjustment to get it just right.)



Jumper cables are kind of a booger to do because the insulation is so thick.

This is one of those tasks where a chopper / granulator would be the better tool for the job. You might just sell the welding cable at the yard as high grade insulated copper wire and save yourself all of the work. Figure one way ... you get ICW price. Stripping it probably wouldn't give you better than #2 copper price. There might not be a huge difference between the two where you are.

You just have to figure out whether or not the juice is worth the squeeze.
I want an electric stripper but didn't have the money at the time, and I don't want to spend the money on one for it not to work, so I bought one that I could attach a drill to, that looked to be tje.same as electric to see if it worked. But it didn't even score the insulation. The insulation just formed around the blade and went on through. Maybe If the blade spun at the same time it might would have.but the blade on the one just spins as the cable glides over it. The only way I could get a score was having it set to deep, it would stay center. I only tried a few pieces, so I'm sending it back. Do the wire feeder and the blades spin on the electric ones?
I've looked into granulators to, but that's way to much money for me.. unless there's some out there I couldn't find.
Any links to tools yall use or the info of tools used is appreciated as well.
If I could get caught up on it I think it would be worth it. I think last time I heard, insulated was .60 a lbs and #2 was 1. 50. But I haven't checked prices recently tho