How do i build a electronic wire strippers?

slee95

i live in Mechanicsburg pa :)

Danger

Oops. For some reason, your posts led me to think that you were in a different demographic.

slee95

demographic? whats that?

Danger

Sorry; that just means a segment of society. When you mentioned finding things in the street, I thought that perhaps you were in an area with lax disposal protocols such as in parts of Asia.

MATLABdude

If you're pulling it through a die, why not just add a knife blade or two to slit the jacketing / insulation? If you wind the stripped wire to one spool, and the jacket / insulation to another, I'd think that'd result in separated wire with minimal mess (compared to sand-blasting or nitrogen freezing and shattering). Unfortunately, it'd probably only be worthwhile if you have long lengths of cable.

slee95

just recently i was given 3 spools of wire and it looks like two much for me to strip and one spool is tv wire and that's a pain to strip :(

johnbbahm

Some coatings on wires might not be worth stripping (other than with a fire).
You might try a hot knife, http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...FfADtgod9EUAlw
Pull the wire over a tight radius wheel, and have the hot knife cutting down to the copper. Use a revise tight radius wheel and a mechanical edge to remove the now split jacket.
A word of caution, DO NOT burn off any Teflon jackets, the fumes are toxic.

Danger

Do you mean twin-lead or coax? The latter is probably worth a lot more intact.

slee95

The tv cable is the type that screws onto the back it has the single copper lead in the middle.

Danger

That's coaxial. I don't know about in the US, but here it's quite expensive. You can probably sell it for more as it is than for the metal contained in it.