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My shop's 'official' wire stripper vs a 99 cent keychain tool
We got a fancy new automatic wire stripper at work, cost like $300. Tried it on some 22 gauge in a tight spot on a King Air panel, it kept jamming. My buddy pulls out this tiny keychain stripper he got at a trade show 3 years ago. One clean pull, perfect strip, no nicks. We timed it, the keychain tool was 4 seconds faster per wire over 10 tries. The expensive one is now a paperweight. Anyone else have a super cheap tool that just works better than the 'right' one?
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rowan9726mo ago
That King Air panel is a tight fit for any tool. The automatic stripper probably needs a longer, straight section of wire to work right. The keychain tool just fits the job better in that cramped space.
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wyattc766mo ago
Watched my buddy try to use his fancy auto-stripper on a King Air last month. He fought with it for ten minutes trying to get a straight pull in that mess behind the radio stack. Finally grabbed his old keychain tool and had the wire done in like two seconds.
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kelly.daniel6mo ago
Man, this reminds me of the time I saw a guy drop his good stripper into the avionics bay. Had to pull half the rack to fish it out.
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