Homemade Scrap Copper Wire Stripper

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[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.

[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.

[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.

[lizcanojuan]

You should put a division so wire goes one side and rubber to the other

[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.