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4RCSIMMONS(at)comcast.net
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:46 am Post subject: Cell phones and flying ------- Wire stripper

This list is getting interesting!



Ask a question about cell phones and you get hammered.



I aksed a question about hand guns and wow!



I sent one about about fitting the canopy the other day and got 2 responses. Thanks to those guys!



I hopped on somewhere else and got a few confirmation as well.



Whats this list coming to?



A real question! (You can for get my comments above I know they are not necessary!!)



What is a descent wire stripper method or device for skinning shielded wires. For kicks I skinned about a half inch with a knife and the sheild wires are very fine. Half of them were cut as well!



Oh and I love me country!!



Thanks to my father and all others  for WWII (Flying tigers) and my son currently serving in the Navy!



My problems are really small!



DO NOT ARCHIVE



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Rich Simmons

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Gig Giacona

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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:15 am Post subject: Re: ------- Wire stripper

I've had very good luck with this one from Radio Shack.



http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062787

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DaveG601XL

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Location: Cincinnati, Oh

Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 6:20 am Post subject: Re: Cell phones and flying ------- Wire stripper

Rich,



I am cheap when it comes to buying tools that I may only use once or twice.  Try putting a little bend in the cable and lightly score the outer insulation with a razor blade.  You will find that the stress of the bend causes the insulation to nicely separate without the blade even touching the shielding.  This has worked for me on both Tefzel and RG-400 coax (but better on the coax).



Good luck,

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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:50 am Post subject: Cell phones and flying ------- Wire stripper

I always carry my 9mm.



I dont worry about road rage....

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jetboy

Joined: 22 Jul 2006
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:59 pm Post subject: Re: Cell phones and flying ------- Wire stripper

Rich,



I have the proper tools for my day job to strip all kinds of shielded wires, but mostly find that a good set of flush cutting diagonal cutters is easiest for separating a shield insulation, without nipping into the shield wires.



I slice 4 or 5 cuts radially into the sleeve using the tips of the cutters, not deep enough to go fully thru. then flex the sleeve so the plastic gives way. the same cutters then trim the shield etc. and get at the inner counductor in similar way. I sometimes do a 'pinch cut' along the length of the sleeve and tear it away with the flush side of the cutters.



  The cutters need to be kept in good condition not to cut steel wires like TV cable but can be the same flush cuttters you use for trimming plastic cable ties in aircraft - Snap-on E709ACG or similar 4" cutter is good.



it can be done with razor blades, sharp knives or even the proper tools, which do give a nicer appearance but need to be set up or used carefully to avoid damage. 



Ralph

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Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:40 am Post subject: Cell phones and flying ------- Wire stripper

If you are using tefzel shielded wire, here's my  suggestion. Don't try to cut through the outer insulation to the wire  underneath. Instead, use a very sharp disposable blade (I use a #25  blade in a Bard Parker lab knife but any new exacto blade would probably work as  well) to score the insulation. The sharp blade will easily cut into the tefzel  and allow you to make a ring all the way around the insulation. Stop at that  point and bend the wire to finish cracking the insulation jacket open. Trial and  error will train you to cut just deep enough to allow you to crack open the  jacket. If you are grounding the shield, you will need to unbraid it at that  point. I use the pointed end of a soldering tool for that. When I needed two of  them at one point, I made the second one out of a rivet stem driven into the end  of a small dowel then sharpened the end of the stem. The point can be used to  tease apart the fine strands of the shield then the strands can be  twisted together for crimping / splicing. 

  

 I like to trail the shield wires back away from the  other conductors and slip a short heat  shrink over them to help segregate them from the other wires. That requires that  you do the shield splice first so that the heat shrink can slide on from the  free end. Like everything else you have to "walk it through" in your mind first  to work out the order in which to proceed.

  

 Hope that helps,

  

 Ed

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