#1417 Kaiweets Wire Stripper

Episode 1417
sent into the channel. these are big but nice for some things

[joeteejoetee]

Working in Avionics, our Teflon wire strippers have to be Inspected and Calibrated to legally use them. They have a cutting jaw custom to every gauge of wire, and the Teflon jaws are quite different than the "house/street" jaws are. The Teflon optimized jaws in addition to the blades have a D shaped support on both sides of the insulation to keep it circular, and keep it from deforming into a () shape instead of a perfect circle.

[Edisson.]

Hi, I've had several of these automatic tools, but only the Knipex and Jokari have not damaged the wires.

Nice day 🙂 Tom

[davidholman]

Stripmaster tools are splendid and mechanically fascinating. I have two sizes and they're different in action to all those fearured

[humble]

My grandfather gave me his tools when he was in EE in college since I'm in EE now. Those yellow ones I still use daily hahaha.

[RK-knud]

My experience with every pair of automatic strippers...unless they are setup for a very specific wire, you will wind up nicking/cutting strands...which may (or may not) be an issue. Great if you need to strip a lot of a very specific wire, but IMO, that's about it.

The design of your yellow wire stripper is one of my favorites, yet I RARELY use it. However, sometimes if I'm in a position where I want to carry a limited number of cutters/strippers (or the wire gauge of wires needed to be stripped is unpredictable), that is my go-to tool. My reasoning is that it will strip nearly any gauge down you can fit the jaws around. Maybe it wont "strip", but you can easily/evenly gouge the insulation around the circumference of a wire enough so you can get the insulation off. It's does a better job than a razor knife without needing a specialty tool...on larger conductors. Not many strippers can do ~30ga to 2AWG (maybe even bigger) in one tool.

If you find yourself crimping a bunch of 22-10AWG wires into butt connectors (or similar) I recommend you try a Klein 1005. You will probably find that the added leverage over your Neiko wire stripper will give you much more confidence in your manual crimp. I'm sure the compact size can be beneficial in some situations, but I try to grab my 1005 when I can because more power = more better.

My current favorite is a Klein 1019 though....10-28AWG (dependent on solid/stranded). These would be absolutely perfect with a spring return and a lock. I keep these at my bench along with 2 different Hakko CHP Strippers. CSP-30-2 (20-10AWG) and CSP-30-7 (16-26AWG).

I may have a tool problem...

[jainmanish]

I use these for stripping the ribbon wire cables there you need all the wires to be stripped around the same length
They are super use full if you are soldering a lot of ribbon wire buses on a dot or E98 pcb eg seven segment data bus.
Thanks for the daily dose of video

[justin.campbell]

Only problem I have with these types of wire strippers is that when doing short wires like on breadboards they sometimes pull out the conductor. Often it is just better to use the manual ones for short wires.

[MrMersh-tsjl]

these types are a great go to when doing point to point. so quick. Klein makes a great pair. a two piece set with crimper was like 40 bucks.

[Mr.Leeroy]

These are great. Capable of stripping 3 wire flat cables.
Mine is a bit simpler construction, cast jaws, not machined inserts like yours, but it works nice and does not touch wire strands at all.
Does everything from smallest up to 16mm2 except tricky insulation like silicone and old-school stuff like reinforces with synthetic strands under PVC.
Not too precise for same length stripping, especially on larger diameters it tears wavy shapes instead of circular clean cuts.

[DarkGlassly]

Bought this one last year and works well for most of my use, but no good for thicker diameters like RF coaxial cable. Good quality despite being one of the lower priced models of this type.

[Chris_Grossman]

I have two pairs of the same yellow handle strippers

They were my go to stripping tool from elementary school into my undergrad years. I keep one in a tool box in my mothers garage and still occasionally use them if i am there without other tools.

[EricYTP]

I've had a set of strippers that are similar to these for a few years now and find them to be alright for the heavier gauge stuff. They handle things like 18AWG well, but sometimes just chomp through anything significantly thinner.


Speaking of cleanly stripping thinner gauges, I'm really hoping that somebody like Yihua/WEP, szbesttool or/and Aoyue start selling affordable thermal wire stripper stations.
These guys are selling things like hotair stations, desoldering stations, preheaters, solderpots, vacuum pickup tools and other nice little luxuries at an affordable price while still retaining a respectable level of functionality and quality.
I really just want some hot strippers on my bench.

[patvickers]

Pay attention to the markings on either side of your manual strippers. One side is marked for solid and the other stranded. The outside diameter (OD) is a wee bit larger for the stranded. Shoulda had these for a few plc cabinets!

[TheElectronicDilettante]

Have to be careful with solid core wire. Can score too deep then wire will break when bending or vibration. They’re still cool.

[georgesampson]

Have been thinking about getting something like this. Order now placed.

[joeteejoetee]

The best "Bread-Board" wires are solid 22 Gauge wire recycled from old Telephhone home wiring. Using 20 gauge (1/2W resistors!) or much worse> 1 or 2 watt Resistors in your bread board will permanently over-expand the female contacts, and that hole will be intermittent forever. I caution about plugging in 0.1" square terminals into a bread board - at least never force them into the inside pins where you will always be using the thinner wires like all IC's have. You have hundreds/thousands of holes on your breadboards - don't rape any of them out with a TO-220 regulator or a big Transistor either!!!

[petersage]

I have the same kind of strippers with different branding. You need to be careful when stripping really fine gauge stranded wire, but even that can be stripped reasonably well if you use a light touch. I specifically got them for stripping 14ga Romex (replaced all the old outlets and switches in my condo) and they get the job done with no fuss.

[copernicofelinis]

I have the Stanley ones (yellow handles, for the same price discounted on big A) and they are great. A bit heavy and large, but it's so satisfying not to have to use scissors. Also, you can strip multiple wires at once.

They could call this tool "Merryl Strip".

[flapjack]

Another great thing about this style of wire strippers is that it'll strip the outer insulation from ethernet cable and Romex. I've used mine for both of those and it works very well. If you have 3-conductor Romex you have to put it in twice because that stuff's too wide, and it'll leave an ugly strip, but hey, it's not a beauty contest, right?

[merrittderr]

I use a lot of Teflon insulated 20 and 22 gauge wire in building guitar amps and find that these automatic strippers don't work well with that. Insulation is too slippery for the grippers to hold it. (Nod to Submaranian R down below). Don't know if you use any of the Teflon insulated stuff or if you tried these on it. Would be good to know