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How to cut and strip heavy gauge wire easily

How to cut and strip heavy gauge wire easily
In this Instructable, you will learn how to easily cut and strip heavy gauge wire, without using heavy duty or professional tools. Sorry about some of the images' quality. My camera was not behaving.
 
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5 comments
May 5, 2012. 7:03 PMRedstormx1 says:
IF you dont know how to strip wire this big why are you playing with it ?
Apr 28, 2012. 5:54 AMmefromliny says:
Cutting a wire is actually a very simple thing to do, but I learned a thing ar two from your Instructable. VERY well put together! Thanks for posting it. Ken
Jan 26, 2012. 7:23 PMtexabyte says:
I've cut 6 gauge wire with a good pair of Klein diagonal cutters. Anything Over that, I use a pair of small bolt cutters.
Jan 22, 2012. 8:10 PMpfred2 says:
I have SPEEDEX, Ideal T Strippers, and spring loaded spin style coax strippers with custom dies, but sometimes sharp scissors are my tool of choice. Though if I'm stripping a lot of the same wire I will setup my coax stripper.
Jan 22, 2012. 4:25 AMPrfesser says:
Wire over 10 ga can often be difficult to strip. Do be careful not to nick the individual wires in the process, else you may have created a place for breakage to occur.

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