The Easiest Tool Ever for Wire Stripping

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@jimholmes7502 3 жыл бұрын

Spent half an hour flicking thru similar videos, trying to find someone who could explain it properly, quickly and with no fannying about. Cheers my friend - was (finally) just what I needed. Got yourself a subscriber. Thanks again.

@shaunglendinning 4 жыл бұрын

What a great little tool to have in one's toolbox! Thanks Roger.

@rubikasuto 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love mine, been using it for about 15 years now, wont do without

@Tinker1950 Жыл бұрын

Just bought a very similar pair of these stripping and crimping pliers a few days ago to add to my home electrical toolbox. Mine were on offer for 7€ 99 in Lidl here in France. I had no real idea of how to use them, but this video was just the job - clear, précise and quickly to the point. I'm now an expert at stripping 👀 Thanks.

@Seniorsneaky123 11 ай бұрын

That tip of keeping the ends on and using them to make the twist on the wires is so useful. I can use that anytime I wire a thermostat up at work now, thanks

@AB-nu5we 4 жыл бұрын

Been using them for years on Category network cable, Cat 5e, Cat 6 and so on. Great tool.

@bamsebrumbamsebrumen5403 4 жыл бұрын

I bought one years ago, still love that tool...

@lordtherapeutics Жыл бұрын

I discovered these about a month ago, and I’m gobsmacked that I went so many years without using such a fantastic tool

@HarveyJohnWillmott 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video mate. This is exactly what I need! 👍👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild 4 жыл бұрын

Superb piece of kit 👌🏼nice tips too , thanks Roger 🧱👍🏼

@thegreenguitarist9923 Жыл бұрын

Priceless twizzle tip at 3.10. I've just got a similar Neilsen tool for building a model railway. Thanks.

@rickyracoon2003 2 жыл бұрын

Love the twizzle tip. The best tips are sometimes the most obvious

@zedman442 4 жыл бұрын

Have used one of these for a few years now. Great time saver. Also with the stranded cable can’t get by now without some bootlace ferrules.

@HiltonRalphs 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not a sparky but I use bootlaces on all my wires now. Try explaining them to a South African sparky and you get this blank stare. Don't even try and tell them about Wago connectors as they are still in love with those dodgy chocolate blocks.

@PaulC1980 4 жыл бұрын

I've been using these for about 16 years or so in the motor industry ,great tool

@deadstar962 3 жыл бұрын

These have been out for 16 years 😱

@PaulC1980 3 жыл бұрын

@@deadstar962 at least that long, I remember buying one in the first garage I worked in as an apprentice.

@jtthe3rd634 4 жыл бұрын

I have a pair of these and they're great

@justchilling5448 Жыл бұрын

Excellent informative video. Thank you.

@fireblaster9961 4 жыл бұрын

I have one of theses and there good to have in your kit bag, you won’t look back, you can strip a length of cable also

@joeframer9642 4 жыл бұрын

Great review, love the channel 👍🇺🇸

@Cardetailingburnley 4 жыл бұрын

I have used the wire strippers for years and I love them as I am like you Rodger a plumber/handyman

@SkillBuilder 4 жыл бұрын

As a plumber I wire up a fair number of heating systems.

@reubenklang3968 4 жыл бұрын

I bought these years ago, probably about 10 years ago. I played about with them in the house but didn't actually use them on site. Snips are just better. You only require to carry them, you can't cut cable with them or cable ties etc it just become yet another tool to carry.

@d.beaumont9157 4 жыл бұрын

Nice vid, I think I'm going have to get me some of those, I hate stripping flex cable.

@billywhizz98 4 жыл бұрын

I have a pair of those cutters myself they are a great

@ministryinsong 8 күн бұрын

That twizzler tip was dynamite cheers!

@azhmehmood 4 жыл бұрын

Good video thanks for sharing 👍👍

@petecurran3995 3 жыл бұрын

Nice jobby! 👌🏼

@robinmyman 3 жыл бұрын

The best explanation.

@justaguydoingdiy7975 4 жыл бұрын

I spend so much time stripping cables with my knife, Just to invest in this clutter/stripper. Thanks

@BM-jy6cb 4 жыл бұрын

These things are reasonably useful for cable sheaths, but I've always found them cumbersome. For stripping individual cores, it's much quicker to use side cutters. The trick is to use the cutters the other way around for stripping. i.e with the flat side of the jaws towards the end of the cable. As for T&E, quick snip on the end and then pull the earth core to slice the sheath, although that's undoubtedly frowned on these days.

@AviationAviation 4 жыл бұрын

I have got one and It is amazing pal

@sgthree 4 жыл бұрын

I've had one like that for over 30 years. It was made by Spear and Jackson. One of the best tools ever!

@SkillBuilder 4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes back in the day when Spear and Jackson made tools in Sheffield, and was a great company. It beggars belief that they sat back and watched all the WHS and Tyzack customers go to Marshalltown.

@406xud 3 жыл бұрын

I've only just replaced my spear and Jackson ones for some fatmax, bought them in 1996 from Tandy lol

@TroyBrophy 8 ай бұрын

It seems like there's really only one manufacturer for these. They make a a couple of variants, and then offer branding based on the grip style and color, and the color of the wire stop.

@paulross7204 4 жыл бұрын

Good tip

@lulaferreira7640 4 жыл бұрын

Best tool ever.. 👏🏻

@anubisthebandit5356 4 жыл бұрын

I have been ‘twizeling’ ever since I bought my set some years ago lol.

@45graham45 Жыл бұрын

How does that tension adjuster work? I can't see what it actually does.

@LastDickOnEarth 12 күн бұрын

That outro was intense, you can play a villain and very well with that deep carnal sound in your voice 😝 thank you for this informative video btw. Simple tool, but still hard to believe how effective it is. A highly insulated wire might need multiple cuts and that would be interesting to see as well!

@vic6820 4 жыл бұрын

That's a good twizzle tip 👍

@garymckenzie4521 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant

@SaintCoemgen 4 жыл бұрын

3:05 -- WOW! Great tip! I have been doing it the hard way for 30 years.... 😕

@SkillBuilder 4 жыл бұрын

With your teeth

@SaintCoemgen 4 жыл бұрын

@@SkillBuilder Haha.... of course not. I am not that stupid. I have been using my toes. Which is why I wear open toed sandals on the work site.... 😎

@andycrask3531 4 жыл бұрын

I love mine saves time and effort. Don't ever use the crimp part though

@MrTooTechnical 4 жыл бұрын

great vid. we have those is canada lots. lol

@dingalarm 3 жыл бұрын

Would these wire strippers work with teflon insulated wire (18-22 AWG) ? Nice demo !

@SkillBuilder 3 жыл бұрын

I would have thought so. They grip on shiny insulation.

@dingalarm 3 жыл бұрын

@@SkillBuilder Thanks for your fast reply ! I'll give them a try.

@sharpscrapping1690 Жыл бұрын

What name is tool? And what price? Pls

@tom9571 4 жыл бұрын

I used to use stuff like this, and just found it wasn't neat or reliable enough. I would recommend knipex gear for stuff like this, its the best quality by a mile imo, I don't kook anywhere else now.

@danielbuckner2167 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder how well they work with slickwic type jackets. It also looks like it puts a slight bend at the end of the wire, that might make friction fit devices asbit more of a pain.

@SkillBuilder 4 жыл бұрын

That bend is caused by the cutter which is crap. Best not to use it

@danielbuckner2167 4 жыл бұрын

@@SkillBuilder noted.

@jonesconrad1 4 жыл бұрын

@@SkillBuilder yeah would be more sensible to keep some decent knipex cutters in the bag with it.

@brandoncole6358 4 жыл бұрын

Idk how electrical is done in the UK but here our receptacles in homes usually lands around terminal screws a trick i picked up with stranded wire when wiring them up is to strip the end and leave the plastic on the end and twist counterclockwise this way when u loop around the screw in the clockwise direction and tighten it will bind the wires together insread of splaying them apart.

@SkillBuilder 4 жыл бұрын

Good tip for sure. I will use it.

@loafersheffield 4 жыл бұрын

Micro adjustments with "your knob" - best "tool" ever! Puerile, I know.

@sammygirlie345 4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing

@sammygirlie345 4 жыл бұрын

The more I listen to it the more dirty is sheaths depth stops twiidling knobs stripping conductors sounds like on the buses

@jamesnoland7821 11 ай бұрын

3:05 You may just be a genius! I am very annoyed it never occurred to me to do this.

@SkillBuilder 11 ай бұрын

just lucky

@JACKATTACKED 4 жыл бұрын

👍

@mebymyself2816 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing how it works, the instruction sheet is lousy.

@gdfggggg 4 жыл бұрын

Looks really good but I’d be willing to bet most sparks will stick with their trusty pair of snips.

@Fe7Ace 4 жыл бұрын

Truth for me, had one of these tools for long time but the one I got wasn't all that great, tended to slip. Wouldn't hold that against the whole concept of them though, but never bothered to get another one. Once you've acquired the feel of doing it you can flick the sheath off any wire just as quick with any cutters, plus then you have a good pair of cutters in hand at the same time. Just got to learn that it's not about cutting it off, it's about pinching and then tearing it off, with the right technique there isn't any risk to damaging the wires inside when using cutters.

@SkillBuilder 4 жыл бұрын

@@Fe7Ace I appreciate that nicking it and bending is fine but for people who don't do it all day every day a tool that is risk free and under £20 is a good investment

@grahamshillingford8229 4 жыл бұрын

If somebody is carrying out some DIY electrical work & trying to keep costs down a pair of snips is great or even pliers. It is a nice bit of kit but I would expect most sparkies would already have a tool of this nature.

@shumble69 3 ай бұрын

Great tool, but as an electrician of 44 years I guarantee most sparks still use a good old pair of cutters. Lol.

@markbrowne8775 2 жыл бұрын

Any decent spark should not be wizling stranded cable for termination, should be sticking bootlace ferrules on there

@SkillBuilder 2 жыл бұрын

yes I love a ferrule

@richardgraham65 Жыл бұрын

Take a closer look, if you get the tensioner screw wrong you can see that these will damage the insulation where the Grip part of the jaw clamps on - You can just see it starting to damage the main outer insulation and also some slight damage on the three core - If the tension is wrong then these can cut the insulation at the wrong point. Take a look at Knipex, a bit more expensive but a far safer and superior tool for this job! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hL1pnJp2nMq7j4U.html

@SkillBuilder Жыл бұрын

I do not agree. I can't see where or how they have damaged the copper. The action is clear to see, there is no cutting. The Knipex are good but they can't cope with the outer sheath,

@thegreenguitarist9923 Жыл бұрын

I've recently got a similar pair and agree you can damage the insulation. An easy solution is to put the cable in the other way round and then the tool grips the end you are discarding.

@superiorbeing95 4 жыл бұрын

I have to see the animal that strips twin and earth with their teeth lol

@SkillBuilder 4 жыл бұрын

Yes it was a bit of a throw away remark. I bet somebody has tried it though.

@superiorbeing95 4 жыл бұрын

@@SkillBuilder I don't understand why most sparks don't like these, most just cut in the middle and pull on the earth wire to split the outer insulation then snip the two split bits off.

@ek6868 4 жыл бұрын

I've come across a few good strippers in my time😁😁😁

@SkillBuilder 4 жыл бұрын

I knew that if I left the door open somebody would walk through it.

@asadb1990 3 жыл бұрын

solid core wires are the easiest to strip. the thinner wires are more a challenge.

@deadstar962 3 жыл бұрын

I just bought it im waiting for It in the mail hopefully it strips speaker wire well

@derpherpp Жыл бұрын

KZfaq turning into a big giant advertisements 😂 buy this buy that read this advertise. It’s like home shopping network all over again. Same guys making fun of women and watching homeshopping network tv at home back in the days are now working for them

@SkillBuilder Жыл бұрын

I used to work for the shopping channels

@JACKATTACKED 4 жыл бұрын

Prefer Weicon strippers Roger. There's versions for flat and round cable.

@SkillBuilder 4 жыл бұрын

I will take a look

@JACKATTACKED 4 жыл бұрын

Weicon 7-F(flat) and 13(round) 👍 They have a 5 and 7 Magic. Haven't tried those, didn't need to with the 7-F and 13 doing what i need done.