stranded wire

[M Fowler]

Dave, isn't it about time for you to retire that poor old worn out stripper and send it to me, then get yourself a brand spanking new one?

Mark

[M Fowler]

I got one at my wifes electrical wholesale company works like a champ at $28 employee pricing, nice. Ideal strip-master.

[Structo]

Mark does it do Teflon?

I remember a few years ago when I got back into electronics I bought an expensive auto stripper.
Then I discovered Teflon Wire..........

I've been using a little razor knife to start the stripping, them I peel it bac some more and snip off the nicked part.
Very tedious!!!

I should get the new stripper from Mac on Thurs or Fri.
I'm crossing my fingers, Ken!

[M Fowler]

Tom,

Yes that is why I bought it. It stripped teflon very well and I tried it on three different samples I have. Some from Steve at Apexjr and another source. It's very thin jacket teflon wire that was kicking my butt.

Mark

[Aurora]

Mark... at that price I'm guessing that is not one of the special teflon versions, which are quite more expensive that the regular ones. Which model number is this? ( I mentioned we pay rather heavy markups over here...)
OTOH- there's been several reports of the regular models handling teflon just as well as the special models - maybe it has something to do with wear and tear of the knife blades - but at least they are replacable.
As I said , for hook up wires, the Stripmasters are so far the best I've tried.......
I only wish I could find something that worked equally well for RG 59-59-213-214...

[M Fowler]

The counter guys had no idea what I was talking about stripping teflon because it is an industrial and residential electrical wholesale business.

I agree this is a regular run of the mill auto-stripper made by Ideal for 20 to 10 ga wire. But when I tried it, it stripped clean and fast. If I wear this puppy out I will go higher on the price range

I guess my point is it works for the number of amps I build per year. If I was to step up production I would just order the best and write it off on my business account.

But Aurora I am just a little Norwegian fish in a big pond.

Mark

[Colossal]

Mark, the IE-178 does fantastic work on teflon of all gauges. I use 20 and 22g teflon and it creates the cleanest cuts/strips. Zero hassle. They are inexpensive strippers too.

[Aurora]

Teflon surely is some strange stuff - as for the stripper, if I need it for personal use, I just borrow mine from work, Sometimes I also just go back to work in the afternoon or evening to do my own stuff - several of us have been doing that for ages - and noone lifts any eyebrows over that matter. Those of us who are concidered qualified also use both the mechanics shop and the janitors carpentry shop - - lathes, mills, large bench and band saws, spindle shaper etc etc. Invaluable assets for crafty old geesers....

As for the big pond - I often envy you guys over there, as I drool over McMaster, Rockler etc- Not to mention the nice wood you get , at plain silly prices compared to over here......
I do have close to zereo crime though , nice surrounding views and plenty of fresh air......

[Structo]

I usually use a razor knife to strip it. It's tedious but I haven't found anything else that works around here.

Tom,

Buy the IE-180 (p/n 7294K59) from McMaster for 22 ga ($11.15), and/or the IE-177 (p/n 7294K57) for 20 ga ($9.77).

If you buy one or both of these strippers and you aren't amazed by how well they work, I'll buy them back from you, including all your shipping costs.

Not kidding.

You've been real nice and helpful since I joined this forum, and I'd like to see you get the stripper you deserve

I got the Imperial IE-178 ( McMaster # 7294K58) wire stripper today and I tried it on several pieces of teflon wire and it worked!
Thanks for the tip!

I hope it lasts a long time, not bad for $11.

[M Fowler]

I'm glad were getting squared away with our clippers here guys.

Mine is the IdealSripmaster 45-292 for 10-22awg spring action die cast. Not much else on the packaging.

Mark

[M Fowler]

double post

[rp]

Here is a link to the Imperial catalog:

http://www.imperial-tools.com/tools/ele ... er_08.html

Mcmaster-Carr sells the IE-180 under p/n 7294K59 for 30 to 22 ga, and the IE-177 as p/n 7294K57 for 20 to 10 ga.

Owe you one! For some very strange reason Imperial tools are impossible to find. Seeing the sad state US manufacturing is in you'd think they'd try harder. I got a IE-110 for work after I borrowed one from an EC and liked it - that wasn't easy, one and only one hit in Google. I've been looking for an IE-178 for a long while, zero retail hits in Google! Incredible. I was told M-C but couldn't dig it out, apparently they are just generic in the catalog. Now I know.

[wsaraceni]

here's how it looks redone with the new wire.

[img:597:800]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/ ... G_1203.jpg[/img]

much better than when i did it in teflon so far

[img:800:600]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/ ... G_1754.jpg[/img]

[Cliff Schecht]

I won't use Teflon throughout an amp anymore. I like solid core wire for the preamp/tonestack stuff and maybe use a few pieces of beefy Teflon to do the highest voltage/power stuff. I also have a bunch of pretwisted red and black teflon wire that I use often for heaters, it stays put and looks great.

[Colossal]

For some very strange reason Imperial tools are impossible to find. Seeing the sad state US manufacturing is in you'd think they'd try harder. I got a IE-110 for work after I borrowed one from an EC and liked it - that wasn't easy, one and only one hit in Google. I've been looking for an IE-178 for a long while, zero retail hits in Google! Incredible. I was told M-C but couldn't dig it out, apparently they are just generic in the catalog. Now I know.

McMaster Carr is indeed where to get them. Their website is not the most informative! The part number for IE-178 is 7294K58 $10.94