Does anyone really need wire strippers?

[guitarbutt]

Using anything besides wire strippers to strip wire with is absolutely stupid. I use them almost daily as a mechanic. It isn't a $1500 tool, so there's no excuse

 

[Ton ton]

Using anything besides wire strippers to strip wire with is absolutely stupid. I use them almost daily as a mechanic. It isn't a $1500 tool, so there's no excuse

I agree with you, guitarbutt!

 

[lugnut71]

Yes i need wire strippers

 

[skeer]

After years of terminating network cable, in which the outer jacket is stripped, I got used to using electrician snips.

 

[bwringer]

I have stripped wires with razor blades, utility knives, buck knives, diags, little wire pliers with round holes in them, things you clip on and spin round the wire, pencil sharpener like things, different assorted squeezy things that nick the insulation and pull it off, sharp rusty bits on tractor hoods, a sharp rock, nail clippers, you-name-it. They all work. The little pliers with round holes and the squeezy-pully wire strippers are my favorites, depending on the job. Though I am fond of the pencil sharpener things for large cables.
So, I guess the answer is, need, no, prefer, yes, as I get a neater, quicker job with the right tool.

Ya left out teeth...

When I was a kid, I stripped wire with my 2 front teeth ! Mostly 20-24 gauge.

Same. Fairly dumb, but I didn't really know wire strippers were a thing that existed, and that's what I saw my Uncles do on the farm.



On the vaguely related topic of heat shrink, I must confess that I also did not even know about heat guns for quite a long time, and took untold horrific risks, scorched a lot of heat shrink material, and burned my fingers many times using a Bic lighter. Not sure how I avoided burning down some innocent car or motorcycle.

 

[nadogail]

Ya left out teeth...


Same. Fairly dumb, but I didn't really know wire strippers were a thing that existed, and that's what I saw my Uncles do on the farm.



On the vaguely related topic of heat shrink, I must confess that I also did not even know about heat guns for quite a long time, and took untold horrific risks, scorched a lot of heat shrink material, and burned my fingers many times using a Bic lighter. Not sure how I avoided burning down some innocent car or motorcycle.

We started out Ignorant and Uninformed, then we started using the Internet and then told the world how little we knew.

 

[Bubba Fett]

I love strippers. A good stripper makes life so much better. You have to replace them though, because they get old an dull. A new stripper is clean and precise, which is the way it should be.

 

[Ton ton]

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[nadogail]

That's what she said.

Billy Rose composed excellent music to accompany Stripping.

 

[guitarbutt]

Your cheap.

His cheap what?

 

[Dakotadadv8]

Strippers only at bachelor parties.

 

[Hannahranga]

Strippers only at bachelor parties.

Seems a bit harsh on the bachelorette party

 

[Pyrotech]

Depends on wire size an jacket material.

What stripping tool gets used.

 

[Pyrotech]

Depends on wire size an jacket material.

What stripping tool gets used.

To give a bit more context, 3 different methods of stripping wire was used for each of these cables. to get them to the state you see

 

[jonesg]

I had 30 seconds to strip 8 wires to defuse a bomb, damn skippy I needed wire strippers.

 

[nadogail]

When installing the plugs on the various cables in a Shipboard Radio room your wire strippers will get a good workout.