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    questions on stripping tools for copper wire

    i have been stripping copper wire for a while now. i have been buying unstripped wire from electricians and from other places and i can strip though a ton of the solid core like romex and industrial stuff very quick and easy with a utility knife and high quality blades .



    i have accumulated a big pile of lamp cords power cords like home extention cords phone wire and computer wire. does anyone have any ideas how i can strip this stuff more quickly. i can buy a stripper for a couple hundred that will do the lamp and computer power cords ok but what i really need is a way to strip though Computer wire and phone wire. like the fine little cables inside printer cables data cables and network cable. i got a ton of it and scrap yards pay like .10-.20 lb or less for computer wire

    i did some experimenting with scrap piece of iron i had and if you squeeze phone wire between 2 edges of steel and pull it though you can peel off the coating. but harder for the fine stranded stuff. does anyone know of a resonably priced machine or device i could strip this with.


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    I second your question because i bulk up to a bed full and then drive 3 hours to my camp, burn the wire then soak it in a barrel of vineger and now I have no.1 wire but it would be nice to just strip it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chevy1981enfield1943 View Post
    I second your question because i bulk up to a bed full and then drive 3 hours to my camp, burn the wire then soak it in a barrel of vineger and now I have no.1 wire but it would be nice to just strip it.
    Great idea

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    Quote Originally Posted by ScrappinScott View Post
    Great idea
    And I'm sure the EPA folks never look around the net for just such action!
    If you are willing to tell all then all knows what you are will to do!

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    Quote Originally Posted by injunjoe View Post
    And I'm sure the EPA folks never look around the net for just such action!
    If you are willing to tell all then all knows what you are will to do!
    Agreed. The main tool of the IRS is now the internet. Think Ebay, Craig's List and YouTube.
    People may laugh at me, but that's ok. I laugh all the way to the bank.


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