Good prototype! I've been using a commercial cutter/stripper all day at work. Cutting to length, stripping, tinning, and soldering into pins over 250 14ga wires in 9 hours wouldn't have been possible by hand. I notice that your biggest "nay sayer" has a total of 0 videos of his own posted. Hmmm... If it sounds like a troll, looks like a troll, ....
@adisharr u guys are fucking pussies just grab a pair of kleins and hold the wire in one hand and with the other use your kleins and strip the wire.... no wonder do girls take you seriously your hands are softer than theirs. kleins have been used in electrical business for 150 years and they still work great, and the way i strip wire, is in a bon fire.. fuckin amaeturs...
@croakerchoker504 This shows your lack of understanding about automatic wire stripping in general. This isn't an industrial production machine - it's made out of left over crap and junk. The ends are frequently left on to avoid handling damage.
it is so much faster to use a wire stripper...although doing i several times kills ur hands. so this i pretty good for when you need a lot of wire stripped. sweet :)
Cool project. I like the lexan construction. Post video of your improvements?
I was thinking about doing one of these too. Instead of a rotating knife I was considering using an automatic hand operated wire stripper (like Radio Shack's "Kronus Automatic Wire Stripper" for $10. I'd extend a length of wire into a holder, clip it, then rotate the holder 90deg into the jaws of the stripper, strip it, rotate 180deg, strip again, then eject (perhaps through a bender).
I absolutely love this creation! Elegant design. It seems that you rotate the knife with a stack of three disks (middle one the smallest) captured between three bearings?
At a curiosity, and for clarification sake, Is the part that is actualy cutting the insulation to make it strippable, is that the part that is almost always rotating? Also, I see that it uses 2 servos, one for actual rotation, but is the other for tightening the exacto knife against the wire?
Yes the part that is almost always rotating is rotating an exacto knife twice around the wire (this action is kind of hidden by the larger servo. The second (smaller blue) servo has the exacto blade mounted on it and open and closes on the insulation.
In terms of speeding it up I already have parts in the mail to replace the rather slow wire stripping servo with something quicker.
Awesome, thanks for the info! I was thinking about building one of these myself. It seems that whenever I try to manually strip the wire, about half the time I'll cut in to deep, and when I try to take the insulation off, the end of the wire breaks off, hehe.
Good prototype! I've been using a commercial cutter/stripper all day at work. Cutting to length, stripping, tinning, and soldering into pins over 250 14ga wires in 9 hours wouldn't have been possible by hand. I notice that your biggest "nay sayer" has a total of 0 videos of his own posted. Hmmm... If it sounds like a troll, looks like a troll, ....
rallen71366 2 weeks ago
You know your shit at the job when this machine replaces you.
gssg9 5 months ago
Regardless of what it does, its beautiful! :)
jsmythib 6 months ago
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jsmythib 6 months ago
@adisharr u guys are fucking pussies just grab a pair of kleins and hold the wire in one hand and with the other use your kleins and strip the wire.... no wonder do girls take you seriously your hands are softer than theirs. kleins have been used in electrical business for 150 years and they still work great, and the way i strip wire, is in a bon fire.. fuckin amaeturs...
croakerchoker504 1 year ago
I could have stripped 100 ends of wire in the time it took..... and you still have to pull the end off, that thing is garbage
croakerchoker504 2 years ago
@croakerchoker504 This shows your lack of understanding about automatic wire stripping in general. This isn't an industrial production machine - it's made out of left over crap and junk. The ends are frequently left on to avoid handling damage.
adisharr 1 year ago
it is so much faster to use a wire stripper...although doing i several times kills ur hands. so this i pretty good for when you need a lot of wire stripped. sweet :)
naxps 3 years ago 2
Wow i like the way you say idiot.
chick5581 3 years ago
Cool project. I like the lexan construction. Post video of your improvements?
I was thinking about doing one of these too. Instead of a rotating knife I was considering using an automatic hand operated wire stripper (like Radio Shack's "Kronus Automatic Wire Stripper" for $10. I'd extend a length of wire into a holder, clip it, then rotate the holder 90deg into the jaws of the stripper, strip it, rotate 180deg, strip again, then eject (perhaps through a bender).
AC0KG 3 years ago
This is so awsome!!!!! You have been also featured in Make: . Great job, absolutely great!
rate:*****
drcaman 3 years ago
I absolutely love this creation! Elegant design. It seems that you rotate the knife with a stack of three disks (middle one the smallest) captured between three bearings?
Erikdb 3 years ago
yes,really great!
daveyangping 3 years ago
Whatever happened to a good ole pair of Klein model 1004 wire strippers?
toytunergt 3 years ago
At a curiosity, and for clarification sake, Is the part that is actualy cutting the insulation to make it strippable, is that the part that is almost always rotating? Also, I see that it uses 2 servos, one for actual rotation, but is the other for tightening the exacto knife against the wire?
Inuyasha10121 3 years ago
Hey Inuyasha.
Yes the part that is almost always rotating is rotating an exacto knife twice around the wire (this action is kind of hidden by the larger servo. The second (smaller blue) servo has the exacto blade mounted on it and open and closes on the insulation.
In terms of speeding it up I already have parts in the mail to replace the rather slow wire stripping servo with something quicker.
stuartmcfarlan 3 years ago
Awesome, thanks for the info! I was thinking about building one of these myself. It seems that whenever I try to manually strip the wire, about half the time I'll cut in to deep, and when I try to take the insulation off, the end of the wire breaks off, hehe.
Inuyasha10121 3 years ago
@Inuyasha10121 You just need a good pair of wire strippers. Many have a gauge selection to limit the knife penetration.
adisharr 1 year ago
slooow, chinese children do it way faster
rasz 3 years ago