Understanding wire stripper

[Ingwe]

Have finally bought a wire stripper. Wasn’t expensive but half price in the recent Amazon Prime sale day. However it comes with no instructions and on the stripper, there is a range of cable sizes as follows: 24-10 0.2-6.0. There is a small adjuster knob that you rotate clockwise to increase and vice versa. However, when I turn the knob, I can’t see anything moving or altering.

I attach a photo of the wire-stripper and should be grateful for info as to what the adjustment does.

 

[Lenny HB]

It will change the stop position when the jaws close.

 

[Ingwe]

It will change the stop position when the jaws close.

So if you have a wire and you want the stripped end to be say, 5mm this would mean setting the jaws stopping distance to be lower than if you wanted the stripped part to be 10mm?
Hopefully, my question is comprehensible. I’m playing with a length of wire to try and see how the adjustment works but so far, not clear to me.

 

[Imala615]

theres a video
Amazon product ASIN B097SZ1F7W

 

[RandallC]

Maybe a bit of the wall for you... But try it and see what happens with differnet sized cables!

however think the sizing may refer to American wire gauge

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[dunnah01]

The clear plastic bit sets the stop for how much wire to strip. The chrome wheely thing sets how much the blades dig into the cable sheath to strip off (ooh eer). Trial and error works best to find the actual settngs rather than believing anything shown on the strippers

 

[Tombola]

Ive got a pair, had em a while, brilliant little bit of kit

 

[Lenny HB]

So if you have a wire and you want the stripped end to be say, 5mm this would mean setting the jaws stopping distance to be lower than if you wanted the stripped part to be 10mm?
Hopefully, my question is comprehensible. I’m playing with a length of wire to try and see how the adjustment works but so far, not clear to me.

No, that wheel sets the depth of the stripper for the diameter of the cable.

 

[gerry mcg]

It sets how tight the gripper grabs the insulation, so how deep the cable strips the insulation.
too tight and it cuts too deep, too slack and it slips over the cable without stripping

 

[Silver-Fox]

Being the dinosaur and old school I’ve always used side cutters to strip back cables.

Then I saw this thread and thought “I’ll give them a go”

We’ll all I can say is why did I persist in the old ways, how easy do these make the job

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[Tombola]

Being the dinosaur and old school I’ve always used side cutters to strip back cables.

Then I saw this thread and thought “I’ll give them a go”

We’ll all I can say is why did I persist in the old ways, how easy do these make the job View attachment 789235

My mate who is a spark seen mine and said, oh yeah gadjet man...

he tried them and now carries them in his tool kit. Great for small domestic work

 

[Burgo]

Being the dinosaur and old school I’ve always used side cutters to strip back cables.

I've used my teeth on many an occasion!

 

[Silver-Fox]

I've used my teeth on many an occasion!

Maybe in my yoof

Instead of stripping wire I’d be stripping teeth

 

[Figaro]

I've used my teeth on many an occasion!

We all did that as teenagers, have you not grown up

 

[bigwood]

A fitter I worked with had a chipped front tooth that was perfect for stripping wires. He got a good shock stripping wires for interior lights on one of the buses. He left the lights on because he forgot his torch.

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