Re: DIY Electronic Wire Strippers
- From: "Paul E. Schoen" <pstech@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:23:55 -0400
"D from BC" <myrealaddress@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Has anyone created homemade electronic wire strippers?Over 25 years ago, my friend Tony made a wire stripper from two strips of
I've hated every type of mechanical wire strippers I've ever used. :(
Adjustments, gauge grooves, bulky strippers, wire nicks...
Just awful :P
I like the idea of thermal wire stripping...
Say something with heated nichrome wire?
Perhaps some fancy mechanics that spins a heating element around the
wire?
Or even more cool..
How about a blade iris like used in cameras?
Ex:
http://photo.net/bboard-uploads/00FY3Q-28646484.jpg
If the iris blades are hot, it can melt into the wire insulation of
any wire gauge.
Got any wire stripping gizmo idea's?
It can be battery powered or corded...
nichrome in a V shape, and heated with about 5 amps from a very low voltage
transformer. He perfected the concept and got a patent on it, and he makes
and sells them from the basement of his home. I can testify to the fact
that they are excellent products which I use myself, and they are required
to be used where I work to avoid reliability issues from nicked wires.
At the risk of being labeled a spammer, here is his site, which has a lot
of good information on thermal stripping technology:
http://patcoinc.net/
Paul
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