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I've got a new TNT Tooling Model WSA Wire Stripper. I got the model that strips Romex in addition to the regular wire. I tried using it without gloves and without clamping it to a table and boy did my hands and fingers hurt after using it for about an hour... Does anyone else use this item and have any tips for getting the most of it?
Use one glove to hold the stripper (cushion) and pliers to pull it through with your dominate hand. Make sure your blades are set to "lightly" score the insulation on braided wire. Otherwise, you'll be picking it out of your underwear and socks all night.
Finger-less gloves have been the key to speed, but that's just me. Good luck!
It seems like it is hard to lightly score the thin hard wire (such as THNN). Romex is easy enough to cut on the outside. I can simply peel the paper off the one wire to get bare bright. But the other two wires are might difficult to strip. I did better with a knife blade or edger of some type than with the TNT Tooling device. It is too bad I can't take it to a store or something to find out if I have the settings configured properly. Oh well... I'll keep trying. It shouldn't be that hard.