My first experience with new wire stripper

I took a block of wood, about four or five inches long, two inches thick and drilled holes for the different sizes of wire I'm going to strip. Then, I just screwed a deck screw so that it comes out the center of the hole. I tighten until it just barely pierces the insulation and strip. Cost me almost nothing because I had the materials left over from other projects. I saw this stripper on ebay and thought, "Oh, there's gotta be a cheeper way."

Originally Posted by ecogeek

I took a block of wood, about four or five inches long, two inches thick and drilled holes for the different sizes of wire I'm going to strip. Then, I just screwed a deck screw so that it comes out the center of the hole. I tighten until it just barely pierces the insulation and strip. Cost me almost nothing because I had the materials left over from other projects. I saw this stripper on ebay and thought, "Oh, there's gotta be a cheeper way."

AWESOME idea. I'm going to try it tomorrow on some wire I have.

I was just about to break down & try to make this:

http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/tools...-stripper.html

but I'm really too small-time for that to be worth my time building... however, a deck screw & a chunk of wood is a time investment I can surely spare!

THANKS!