Ideal Stripmaster

[tk2014]

Does anyone own a pair of these?

I bought some a while back and have a question about them. When I squeeze mine all the way, a locking bar type mechanism engages, but it doesn't serve to keep them open. Instead when you let the handles close, they delay for a millisecond then snap shut. What is the purpose of that locking bar? I haven't been able to figure it out?

 

[fivespdcat]

I don't know about the locking bar, but there is a "finger" that comes out to pull the stripped wire sheathing away for easy removal. It makes for quick and consistent wire stripping. Also there is a adapter so you can set the depth of wire stripping if you so choose.

 

[Roots]

It holds the wire in place, so that the insulation can be stripped on the other side. If we're thinking of the same thing.

 

[Smallblock]

I just got a pair also and wondered the same thing.

 

[JASTECH]

Ideal stripmaster, hmm..ok what about 5 yrs experiance in Vegas?

 

[tk2014]

The bar on the left in the picture below is not the bar I am referring to

I don't have a picture of the locking bar I am talking about, but if you look at the photo below I can point out where it is. On the pliers on the left you can see the Y in the handle. Touching the top right portion of that Y is a black bar (tab in the picture). This bar catches a pin when you squeeze the handle and 'locks.' When you release the handle, the lock bar gets bumped out of place and the pliers snap shut.

 

[Coolabah]

Does anyone own a pair of these?


I bought some a while back and have a question about them. When I squeeze mine all the way, a locking bar type mechanism engages, but it doesn't serve to keep them open. Instead when you let the handles close, they delay for a millisecond then snap shut. What is the purpose of that locking bar? I haven't been able to figure it out?

Yeh , I've got a pair. If you look very carefully you will see that as you let go of the handles ( wire is stripped) first the cutter opens , then the body of the wire is released BEFORE the whole thing shuts (if the wire was still being gripped , your nice neat stripped wire ends will get mashed against the back of the cutting plate). Least that's what it looks like to me .. a clever delay mechanism .

 

[skruft]

This last is right.

There is a much older version, a similar tool that instead actually drops a metal spacer into place to hold the jaws open while you remove the wire. With those, you have to squeeze again to release the spacer.

 

[Outlawmws]

Yeh , I've got a pair. If you look very carefully you will see that as you let go of the handles ( wire is stripped) first the cutter opens , then the body of the wire is released BEFORE the whole thing shuts (if the wire was still being gripped , your nice neat stripped wire ends will get mashed against the back of the cutting plate). Least that's what it looks like to me .. a clever delay mechanism .

Thats what it is, so you don't ****** up your freshly stripped wire. (I've had a pair for 30+ years)