Personally, knowing that we live in a toxic environment and as a scrapper, handling lots of lead and aluminum, I like to use a dedicated wire stripper. Alot of people don't realize that coated wire contains a host of chemicals besides just plastic and by heating it, you are releasing all kinds of nasty fumes and gases into the air that you're breathing. Not Me. I use my TNT WSA wire stripper with work gloves. All you have to do is dedicate a size to a port and adjust the blade. Once you have this down, clamp the stripper with your vise and pass the wire through - piece of cake. It works beautifully. Plus the advantage the WSA has over other strippers is that once you have each port dedicated and adjusted, you can pass various size wire through without having to stop and adjust each time. A HUGE time saver which I don't think the others can claim. Just have a rudimentary understanding of wire gauge and know which port is for what gauge of wire. The thing is bullet proof in my opinion. Plus another advantage is that the blades are interchangeable, so if a particular port doesn't see any use, you can switch it out for another port or just sharpen it. A wise man once said," You have to know more than the object you're working with."
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