$14 wire stripper

**auminer** · 06-15-2013, 03:04 AM

Originally Posted by TheRecycleGuy

thanks cause i was just about to order it... sorry for your loss though.

I'm pretty happy with the one I got. Link

It was $75.69 with the unit and a set of 2 replacement blades. I probably could've held off on getting extra blades since they appear to last awhile... I've been using it pretty heavy for a week and just now needed to sharpen the first blade, and there's plenty of 'meat' on them to last through numerous sharpenings. These things will DEFINITELY pay for themselves quickly, especially if you do a lot of TV degaussing cables. Plus, it's great to turn 60-cent or 1-dollar a pound insulated wire into $2.80 a pound copper!

**NewbyScrapper** · 06-15-2013, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by auminer

I'm pretty happy with the one I got. Link

It was $75.69 with the unit and a set of 2 replacement blades. I probably could've held off on getting extra blades since they appear to last awhile... I've been using it pretty heavy for a week and just now needed to sharpen the first blade, and there's plenty of 'meat' on them to last through numerous sharpenings. These things will DEFINITELY pay for themselves quickly, especially if you do a lot of TV degaussing cables. Plus, it's great to turn 60-cent or 1-dollar a pound insulated wire into $2.80 a pound copper!

That tool is "magic" imo. I bought one 6 months or so ago off of e-bay. Forget the seller's name, but it came with a small "cutting" attachment that you bolted to the bottom frame, so that you can strip a few inches of insulation away, to get the stripping process started.

**auminer** · 06-15-2013, 05:50 PM

Originally Posted by NewbyScrapper

That tool is "magic" imo. I bought one 6 months or so ago off of e-bay. Forget the seller's name, but it came with a small "cutting" attachment that you bolted to the bottom frame, so that you can strip a few inches of insulation away, to get the stripping process started.

I just push an inch or two through the wheels from behind with the side wheels set correctly, but the bottom wheel loose, then tighten the bottom wheel to the sweet spot and pull the rest of the wire through. The copper will still pull right out pretty easily. Stripping multiple wires of the same guage makes it go faster, but even changing guages isn't all that complicated.