Re: Decent wire strippers
I don't know if I'd class this as a recommendation, but I was just going to snap a piccie of mine when I saw kellys_eye had one of a virtually identical pair. Except mine are old and beaten up, the first pair I ever bought in 1984-ish at Buck And Ryan's. I then tried everything else, the side ones, the ratchetty ones, the "dragon head" ones, my teeth, other peoples' teeth, and ended up back with the old faithful end strippers.
Most of the clever ones either couldn't handle some insulation types, or hurt my hand or caused blisters after intensive work (I was a sparks remember, so it wasn't just the odd end to strip) and always ended up digging these out. Sometimes simple is best. Mine haven't even got a spring, and I lost the locking nut thingy, but I never set the depth anyway, I just "feel" it.
They don't rip strands out of strandeds either and even do a decent job on that weird "wire" that is 99% string.
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