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wraper:

--- Quote from: Pjotr on January 29, 2016, 06:41:32 pm ---The metal (aluminium?) jaws of the Knipex are not a favour. They wear out over time and lose grip.

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No thy are made from some kind of steel (magnetic).

calexanian:

--- Quote from: wraper on January 30, 2016, 12:05:17 am ---
--- Quote from: Pjotr on January 29, 2016, 06:41:32 pm ---The metal (aluminium?) jaws of the Knipex are not a favour. They wear out over time and lose grip.

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No thy are made from some kind of steel (magnetic).

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Laminated hardened steel. 30+ years and ours are still going right along at our assembly stations. lots of daily use. The ones used on our transformer trimming operation do hundreds of strips a day each and last 10 years + each and usually die from the plastic simply wearing out.

savril:
I used several stripers in the past (manual and cheap automatic) but I decided to go for a high end one. I bought a Weidmuller Stripax and I love this thing. Sure it was expensive but serenity has a price.

You just have to set your length, insert the wire and press, done.
Multiconductors ? No problem, in 2 pass.
And lately I've done some hair thin stranded wire and I was very surprise than no strand were cut.

The handles are plastic but there are thick enough (and with zigzag reinforcement bar) to inspire confidence that they will not be stressed and will last.
That thing saved me a lot of time by its fast setting and the quality of the result. No more butcherized wire that I have to redo.

The only thing I wonder is how well it can handle PTFE wire. I also haven't tested flat cable.

calexanian:

--- Quote from: savril on January 30, 2016, 05:55:41 am ---I used several stripers in the past (manual and cheap automatic) but I decided to go for a high end one. I bought a Weidmuller Stripax and I love this thing. Sure it was expensive but serenity has a price.

You just have to set your length, insert the wire and press, done.
Multiconductors ? No problem, in 2 pass.
And lately I've done some hair thin stranded wire and I was very surprise than no strand were cut.

The handles are plastic but there are thick enough (and with zigzag reinforcement bar) to inspire confidence that they will not be stressed and will last.
That thing saved me a lot of time by its fast setting and the quality of the result. No more butcherized wire that I have to redo.

The only thing I wonder is how well it can handle PTFE wire. I also haven't tested flat cable.

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PTFE is hit or miss. just too much lubricity and flow in the material to get a good grab, but if you have just the right tongue angle and stand on the right spot you can manage.

Pjotr:
PTFE comes in several flavours. Tefzel and Kynar (trade names) are special formulations for stripping -> Automatic wire-wrapping. These will strip without problem. Pure PTFE requires special tooling. It flows instead of breaking/tearing and needs to be carefully cut.

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