This type of wire stripper is not new. What may be new is that it
actually works. As I am sure all the old timers know, there was a wire
stripper sold years ago that worked on the same principle: clamp and
slide. Back in the late 60s when I started my first job, the lab had a
number of them in the drawers. I tried them a few times. Sometimes they
worked and sometimes they didn't. These were inflated-priced industrial
quality. All the techs in the lab used the regular old Miller strippers.
When adjusted properly, they were quick and reliable. We used No-Nicks
for wire wrap wire. They were always reliable. I still have one. Not
much call these days for wire wrapping!

Phil B


"Ken Scharf" wrote in message
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Anybody remember that cold head soldering iron advertised on tv
a while back? It was supposed to come with a pair of these
neat looking wire strippers. Well today at the Miami hamfest
someone was selling just the wire strippers. I got two of the
smaller ones good for .2-3mm wire (what's that in AWG?) and
one of the larger ones good for .2-6mm wire for $20.
These really are cool wire strippers, they quickly strip
any guage wire (in the supported range) without nicking the
wire. They even appear to work on some wire wrap wire that
is usually impossible to strip except with hard to find
'no-nick' brand cutters. (though you have to be carefull to
put the wire in the right hand side of the cutters where
the opening is a bit wider.