What cat 5 stripper do you guys use?

[amdskip]

This is what work gives us to use I'm assembling my own kit and I thought I would get input from you guys. This stripper works good but it's flippen expensive for a $.02 piece of plastic and they are non existent on ebay it seems.

I'm trying to get a Harris 814/914 punch down tool too, would you consider this to be a good punch tool?

We also have a port testor but I can't remember what brand/model that is right now. They are probably too $$ for me though. It basically tells if it's 10,100,phone, etc.

Jeff

 

[imported_Paladin]

I use my snips. But then, I have had several decades of practice of cutting the cable sheath without nicking the insulation of the wire.

 

[ScottMac]

I use a knife.

If you score the jacketing, it will break open and side off the wires.

Whatever works, just don't cut the individual wire's insulation.

FWIW

Scott

 

[martind1]

I use this tool:

http://www.cables4computer.com...em.asp?groupcode=I0973


crimps and strips.

 

[groovin]

i usually go to las vegas for strippers...

oh cat5e strippers... i just (carefully) use a sharp knife.

 

[Praetor]

Usually a knife to cut off the jacket, then needlenose to pull back the rest, then cut off the excess where I used my knife.

 

[jjoyner]

You can use this stripper. It looks like this:

Pistol grip stripper...rawr

Put the cable in the plier end and squeeze the handle....Whammo, instant strippage. Don't you wish your girlfriend was like that

We have a store in town called "Deals" that sells this things for $1 each. I buy like 5 each time I am in there. Never have a problem. THese things will strip coaxial cable too....you know how thick that stuff is?

 

[jjoyner]

I'm trying to get a Harris 814/914 punch down tool too, would you consider this to be a good punch tool?

Yes...harris is teh roxor. Don't use anything but it...Nothing has it's feel and solid punch. Everything else is just plain garbage.

 

[cmetz]

I have a jacket stripper (only) that I got more than a decade ago from an electrical supply store (electrician's kind of supply place). It has no manufacturer on it, it's just a handle with a very sharp blade on a screwable shield (cut depth select) with a triangular top you hook around the cable, and a button that rotates the blade 90 deg. It's the best jacket stripper I've ever used or seen and if I could ever figure out who makes 'em or what they're called I'd buy several more. With the cut depth set thoughtfully (just slightly less than the thickness of the jacket) you can clip it on, spin it a turn, press the button and pull to the end. Instant, perfect score with a slash down the part coming off to make it split. It's great.

I've used tools like the poster's original example, they're extremely common and they suck. A good pocketknife will do you better scoring it by hand.

I have a pair of the "pistol grip" wire strippers that were mentioned - these are wire strippers, not jacket strippers. At least, mine is. They're what you'd use to get the jacket off a piece of wire to get to the conductor, but not what you'd use on a multi-wire cable.

The Harris/Dracon punch down tool is what everyone uses. The Ideal Punchmaster II is okay too.

 

[Concillian]

http://www.lanshack.com/produc...=10&Product_ID=173

Pretty cool. Three settings for the blade so you can get it scoring and not cutting the inside wires. VERY, VERY quick... clamp, one circle, and pull.

No accidentally cutting too far or anything like that, provided you set it up right first.

 

[SgtBuddy]

Originally posted by: Paladin
I use my snips. But then, I have had several decades of practice of cutting the cable sheath without nicking the insulation of the wire.

/nod

 

[alexXx]

my cat5 crimping tool has a built in sheath cutter. all it is, is two parallel blades and cannot touch but come close enough to touching that it cuts the sheath(generally not the wire insulation inside)

 

[ScottMac]

That sheath cutter is really designed for flat (telephone / silver satin) cable only.

If it works for you though, go for it.

FWIW

Scott

 

[vi edit]

The one on the far right

Came in a kit I paid $30 for. Set the size and all it takes is one squeeze. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. That thing works great for cutting and removing zip ties. I'm sure you can find them at Home Depot for a few bucks.

 

[TwoBills]

For a regular jacket I just use 5" diagonials, 30 years of practice helps, though. For plenium jackets I just "nick" them with a pocket knife and they slide right off.