Homemade Scrap Copper Wire Stripper

[Scroller316]

very slick man i was thinking rigging something up also

[cuginetycoon]

you should make another drill or something, on the other side that catches the rubber so all you have to do is Push the pedal ,

[Dercommandingofficer]

How much would that be worth?

[mtmanmitch]

Thank you very much this is a great home-made tool.

[adracamas]

Very Smart. I'm sure you could come up with a gearing system to add an insulation drum to collect the insulation automatically. then you could 'let her rip' at a more efficient pace.

[brandonGCHACHU]

You sir, are a genius

[1marceltony]

Nice video thanks for sharing your enginuity

[BassmanSW]

Now you need another spool below to wind the insulation onto so you don't have to pull it back by hand.

[ebayisajoke]

All you need to do is make an eyelit to come off the spindle where your wire is going too and as the spindle goes around the eyelit will and it will pull the installation off without you doing it. Use a coat hanger as your eyelit bend it so it's a triangle with the eyelit in the middle then it will pull your installation and wire at the same time separating the two.

[snedisdead]

try using planer blades. usually better steel, holds their edge better and less likely to break.. as the edge dulls you just move the blade over and utilize a fresh part of the blade. to actually strip the insulation, just make a loop (like you would a snare) and after the wire passes through the blade it will peel off the insulation and let it fall into a collection box below.

[honeyfel0906]

Nice!

[crackercreo]

you need another drill to collect the insulation at the same time... then you would surely win first prize at the fair..

[copper5197]

This was really inspiring. I've been working on different ways to strip for a couple of years now and this was just awesome.

[Mikey8567]

Ok I'm an electriction by trade. I do also recycle the copper that is extra off jobs (cut off sections from 2'-20') and using a regular box cutter takes time and will wear your hands out from hold in and pulling it (clamping one end makes it easier). Nice idea you have there. The professional machines that do this use a set of pinch rollers that cause the insulation to split. For those asking about prices: #1 Striped copper brings more money. #2 is burnt, and then you have #1 insulated.

[LeeroyLee337]

Very cool, nice job!

[wayne290]

Couldn't you sell the insulated wire for more than you could sell the copper for? Or, is the insulation on the wire shot?

[Mainer1945]

If I lived close to your location.I would buy the wire with the insulation on it for more than you get from the scrap yard. I need to make a long wire antenna for my ham radio.

[5100mikeb]

a simple second in line peice of angle iron would do the stripping of insu. as long as you make the next size smaller hole for stripping

[TheGiedow]

If you put the plastic on the same roll as the wire and put an piece of wood in between the copperwire and the plastic ( after the blade makes a cut in the plastic) You don't have to pull the plastic of by hand

[Mainer1945]

@TheGiedow That probably would not work because the insulation may may make a smaller or larger diameter . The outside diameter of the wire and insulation would have to be the same. But I agree, it would be worth while to have the insulation wound at the same time, perhaps with a separate winding motor that has a slip clutch that would keep a tension on the insulation or wire, or both.

[TheGiedow]

@Mainer1945 you have a point there. But if you make the diameter of the insulation part of the roll slightly smaller the machine would work a while.

Or if you make another free spinning roll press against the first, put the insulation in between, it would probably go out the other end

[dougspair]

then, next week, you'll need some wire to add electric lights to your garage...that would be insulated wire, of course...

[TowerClimber81]

WOW! Great video! Learned a lot from you and your invention! 

[jay19LM]

Thanks for all the great comments. You were all thinking like me, a way to wind up the insulation. Some of the insulation fell off. Most of it had to be coaxed off. I would wind it up in my hands while pulling it off the wire. Some of the wire I had was old and the insulation was stiffer. The newer wire insulation came off a lot easier. If the blade was set right I could strip 2-3 rolls with one box knife blade. I would put the wire thru a hole and push the blade up tight against the wire, that

[jay19LM]

worked fairly well. I would like to see one of you come up with an adjustable blade holder and a more durable blade. The heavy duty blades worked just as well as the bi-metal box knife blade, 12ga, 14ga and 16ga wire stripped easy. I had no luck stripping 10ga wire it was too stiff to go thru a hole. I had the idea of running heavy wire across a hot blade. I played around with running the wire across a propane torch, it softened the insulation up quick. I thought of running it across a scraper.

[piglett2195]

@jay19LM VERY WELL DONE !!!!! i have a bunch of wire , maybe 1000 feet that i need to strip , i'll build one of those babys & i'll have a big bucket of nice clean wire :))

THANK YOU from new hampshire

[ArcadeGames]

Very nice, you should add something to block the insulation from getting onto the spindle.

[sheemsheem]

this is impressive

[SecondHomeDogCare]

How long did it take you from start to finish to assemble your wire stripping machine?

[jay19LM]

@SecondHomeDogCare Took about a week. My first idea didn't work.

[SecondHomeDogCare]

Very impressive. You're some kind of a handy guy! Lucky wife!

[jtorti]

wow great job, have u thought of adding another spindle to collect the insulation from from the wire?

[durchh7]

nice, i get copper wires from my brother that the would jst throw away at work and i think im gonna try this with an manual wire stripper i bought a few years ago! i got every thing but the mowwer blade spindle! much faster than just using my manual stripper!!!!!!!!!

[antoshapink]

fastest homemade stripper I've seen so far on youtube! good job!

[alan30189]

you might be able to sell that wire for more than the cost of the copper that is in it.

[schark30]

dude kick ass i might have to copy this from u

[schuur10]

Here in the Netherlands would that amount (looks like 30/40 meters) insulated copper wire be more valueble than stripped.....

What was the condition of the insulation, or are there other rules for using, like insurance prescriptions?

[jay19LM]

@schuur10 Nobody wanted it because of the liability. Most of it was old.

[mooneyclefty]

Man this is one of the best stripper i have seen in terms of simplicity to use and make. i cant believe how complicated and expensive some of the wire strippers are out there,i.e i have been searching for ideas on how o make my own wire stripper and have found some great inventions but i have to vote this unit as the best i have seen , thank you so much for sharing it on utube

kind regards

Theo

[TheNWONOW]

Nice idea. Now just lengthen the take up spool and add a vertical upright pipe between the wire and the insulation so it's fully automatic. Then just discard the insulation buy sliding it off the spool.

Great vid, I'm going to use your idea.

Thanks...

[themusclehamsta1]

who is the dumfucks that disliked this vid all it does is tell you how to make money faster

[ClayPigeonKilla]

@themusclehamsta1 people who are far to ignorant to complete even a simple project such as this.... I fear this video may have just left them confused ;)

[CDNBadass]

Very cool.!

[rex4x4]

Dude .... Sweet rig :-)

[mak76456788]

This is great. I am a trash man and I collect all copper and wire I can find. Now with your design I will have a simple way. As far as a way to reel up the insulation...... I would add a pulley or 2 and another spool on the pre-cut spool and have it spool itself back up. Possibly? It works in my head, lol.

[1BlubeTube]

Now you need something to guide the plastic off while the wire gets wound up on the spool.

[1BlubeTube]

Good Idea.

[thexfiveunit]

nice job

[tahwnikcufos]

I work at a wire factory, and that's close to how we do it, but we actually hold a utility knife (in our hands) flat on the wire, as it passes over a roller. Doing it this way allows the insulation to fall off by itself, into a container. Then we just dump the bare copper off the reel, into a box to be recycled. Examples: 1/0 welding cable @ 200 fpm, 6 & 8 gauge @ 500 fpm. Have to be careful with the finer strand bunches, because the knife can actually cut the through the wire.

[MrLeonard55]

Put an extension onto where the wire is coiling for the plastic to wind onto.

[thanxx]

This is almost identical to the one ive made at home.Even down to the drill holes and test holes:)

The only problem i had with mine was the blade would slip from time to time.still earned me some good money though.

[thegunnydog]

Nice! I've been looking at various designs. This is pretty darn cool. Thanks

[cenzo188]

If you were to have another piece of steel with a hole small enough for only the bare wire between the stripper and the drill, it would probably strip the insulation automatically.

[gofarly]

Very nice. Very Simple... The best design ...

[MrLeonard55]

Pretty cool.

[curlypaul924]

Beautiful!