Thermal Wire Stripper - the most amazing timesaver ever.

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Gordon

Interesting - I'd never heard of these. If anyone's interested in what they look like in action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-cQQ8-LybI

I always just use these: http://cpc.farnell.com/ideal/45-121/t-stripper-16-26-awg-stranded/dp/TL00592

They're a million times better than the 'automatic' ones, and seem to work great for most wire I use.

But then I imagine wire with tougher insulation (or insulation that can stretch) would be great with something like the thermal stripper...

We really ought to have a thread or something for useful tools. There are loads of really helpful tools out there that don't get publicised much.

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DrAzzy in reply to @Gordon
I was raised to have an extreme disdain for that kind of stripper (The one robin and gordon showed a picture of). My father spoke ill of them every time they came up, and presented them as a "well, this might be easier while you're new to stripping wires" type thing - I was raised on these things... of course as I said when I started this thread an eon ago, I have now seen the light. Thermal wire stripping is just such a joy compared to the old way (it was often more than a third of the time a project took to wire up!)

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Robin in reply to @DrAzzy

Sat 2019.11.16

Hey @DrAzzy a bit puzzled from the image shown and the tone of the response.

'raised to have an extreme disdain for that kind of stripper (The one robin and gordon showed a picture of)'

Which is 'that kind' ? The images I posted were of mechanical strippers, Gordon's a thermal type.

'I have now seen the light. Thermal wire stripping is just such a joy compared to the old way'

The statement indicates that using a thermal stripper is preferable, yet the image shown in #4 is that of an adjustable stripper.

Was the image to show the type of tool that you grew up with?

re: 'I was raised on these things'

Although I have used the Klein type as well as the adjustable, I've always found the offset opposing blades would nick the wire, whereas the hand clamp type has a matching same side cutter blade arrangement. Maybe I just lucked out with a pristeen set of blades, which incidentally, are adjustable.

For the thermal stripper, as I pointed out in #3, we were using those thirty five years ago in a manufacturing environment USA and definitely sped up the stripping process.

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