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| Psi:
--- Quote from: tooki on December 17, 2022, 01:35:58 pm --- --- Quote from: Psi on December 11, 2022, 11:27:43 am ---When cutting the insulation off multi-core cable using many cuts with side-cutters you will sometimes accidently cut or nick one of the inner wires. To avoid this, use the side cutters to pinch some of the insulation, then rotate the cutters outwards before actually cutting it. By doing this rotation you will ensure the inner wires are not between your sider cutter blades. --- End quote --- You mean stripping the cable jacket? That’s what jacket strippers are for! :) Pro life hack: strip cable jacket using cable jacket strippers. :P --- End quote --- Yes, but you wont always have access to one. It's good to know how to do things without them. |
| AndyBeez:
Learn the art of stone knapping. It's a skill that's been in the hunter-engineer's skillset for the last 50,000 years. Stuck in the middle of nowhere with 007 and you need to strip that cable sheath to save the world? No problemo if you know how to nap your own stone age wire strippers. |
| Nominal Animal:
--- Quote from: tooki on December 17, 2022, 03:14:17 pm --- --- Quote from: IDEngineer on December 17, 2022, 03:05:05 pm ---{grin} --- End quote --- Not visible in the ASCII art: the number of missing or broken teeth in said grin! ;D --- End quote --- |
| eti:
Only buy tools you NEED, not because "oooh shiny shiny". Sounds obvious, but I have contacts with compulsive shopping addictions - the tools they buy, they will NEVER use (and they ain't any kind of engineer!) |
| IdahoMan:
--- Quote from: eti on December 18, 2022, 02:17:41 am ---Only buy tools you NEED, not because "oooh shiny shiny". Sounds obvious, but I have contacts with compulsive shopping addictions - the tools they buy, they will NEVER use (and they ain't any kind of engineer!) --- End quote --- Uuuumm..may have to disagree with you on this. (Estate/Garage-sale Prospector here ;D) For instance, I found a large crimping thing that was cheap and interesting. Turns out it is a stove-pipe crimping tool. Could come in handy! I still wonder if I should have bought that 1950s era, hand-held Scintillator I saw during one of the sales. You'd see them in old sci-fi B movies like The Brain from Plant Arous. Lol. |
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