Favorite strippers for ribbon cable/rainbow wire?

[gafftapegreenia]

Anyone have a recommendation on a good tool to strip miles of 5 conductor ribbon cable?


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[Amiers]

I couldn't resist.

Honestly for ribbon cable it's hard to find a good pair. Personally I like the pinch n peel but they don't make them wide enough so it gets pretty daunting double cutting. Plus if you mess up you gotta cut off the section and start over again.

Reading around there is a few homemade methods involving making a metal sheet and soldering iron.

Now If your doing long strips just utility knife and normal strippers but I feel that's not the case.

 

[Dionysus]

Anyone have a recommendation on a good tool to strip miles of 5 conductor ribbon cable?


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to "strip" or to completely remove the jacket/insulation for scrap? Two very different problems.

 

[Amiers]

to "strip" or to completely remove the jacket/insulation for scrap? Two very different problems.

Didn't think of that, but when I was in scrapping we just had a 500g drum always burning to get everything off.

 

[Dionysus]

Didn't think of that, but when I was in scrapping we just had a 500g drum always burning to get everything off.

Here it is illegal to burn off insulation like that here (and for good reason), the scrap places WILL NOT accept it. Must be mechanically stripped.

 

[gafftapegreenia]

to "strip" or to completely remove the jacket/insulation for scrap? Two very different problems.

Just to strip the ends to wire them to power supplies. I'm not scrapping wire for a living...yet.


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[Amiers]

To set the record, I did scrapping between theatre jobs. Honestly it was good money, and the hours were great. Got to pick through 5 acres of someone's property scrapping hordes of stuff. Found al sorts of cool things and nick nacks. We were basically American Pickers on steroids.

 

[sk8rsdad]

The cheap pistol grip style wire strippers work pretty well for ribbon cable. Although to be frank, I prefer crimp style connectors for ribbon cable rather than having to strip them.

 

[gafftapegreenia]

. Although to be frank, I prefer crimp style connectors for ribbon cable rather than having to strip them.

Unfortunately that's not an option at this point.


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[JD]

A simple sharp pair of cutters as is used in electronic service: http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/TECHSPRAY-170LX-/22-9135
When I built my board I used a ton of 24 conductor ribbon. It was very easy to strip 6 or more conductors at a time. Just use them flat-blade out and notch and pull. Got a clean strip every time (although there is a learning curve as with everything.) Sometimes, the simple answer is the best.