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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: jubal81 on March 19, 2015, 04:07:38 PM

Title: Stripper for ribbon cable?
Post by: jubal81 on March 19, 2015, 04:07:38 PM
Anyone able to recommend a good, affordable stripper for doing ribbon cable?


(http://mikrokopter.altigator.com/images/Flat-ribon%20cable.jpg)
Title: Re: Stripper for ribbon cable?
Post by: selfdestroyer on March 19, 2015, 04:35:54 PM
I have only used these on ribbon cable:

(http://www.prc68.com/I/Images/AdjWirStrpb.jpg)

They are not the best solution but they work. Look forward to seeing other ideas from other members..

Cody
Title: Re: Stripper for ribbon cable?
Post by: pickdropper on March 19, 2015, 04:39:07 PM
I use my ideal stripmaster, but it only does one wire at a time.  Not sure if that is what you are looking for or not.


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Title: Re: Stripper for ribbon cable?
Post by: culturejam on March 19, 2015, 05:40:27 PM
Quote from: selfdestroyer on March 19, 2015, 04:35:54 PM
They are not the best solution but they work. Look forward to seeing other ideas from other members..

Same here. It's the only thing I've found that will strip 3 or more wires at once.
Title: Re: Stripper for ribbon cable?
Post by: jubal81 on March 19, 2015, 05:52:03 PM
Quote from: culturejam on March 19, 2015, 05:40:27 PM
Quote from: selfdestroyer on March 19, 2015, 04:35:54 PM
They are not the best solution but they work. Look forward to seeing other ideas from other members..

Same here. It's the only thing I've found that will strip 3 or more wires at once.


Thanks, guys.
What brand is that and where can I find it?
Title: Re: Stripper for ribbon cable?
Post by: selfdestroyer on March 19, 2015, 05:58:49 PM
Quote from: jubal81 on March 19, 2015, 05:52:03 PM
Quote from: culturejam on March 19, 2015, 05:40:27 PM
Quote from: selfdestroyer on March 19, 2015, 04:35:54 PM
They are not the best solution but they work. Look forward to seeing other ideas from other members..

Same here. It's the only thing I've found that will strip 3 or more wires at once.


Thanks, guys.
What brand is that and where can I find it?

I pick them up at Harbor Freight but make sure you try them out there since the quality can be from ass to not so ass. I know Lowes and Home Depot carry them also and may be better build quality. I think it GB Tools that makes the ones I have seen in Lowes.

Cody
Title: Re: Stripper for ribbon cable?
Post by: culturejam on March 19, 2015, 06:17:25 PM
I got mine at, believe it or not, a Key Food grocery store in my old neighborhood in Staten Island.  ;D
Title: Re: Stripper for ribbon cable?
Post by: selfdestroyer on March 19, 2015, 06:23:58 PM
Quote from: culturejam on March 19, 2015, 06:17:25 PM
I got mine at, believe it or not, a Key Food grocery store in my old neighborhood in Staten Island.  ;D

Doesn't the Wu-Tang own that store. lol I feel that Wu owns everything in Staten Island.. haha

Cody
Title: Re: Stripper for ribbon cable?
Post by: culturejam on March 19, 2015, 06:27:38 PM
Quote from: selfdestroyer on March 19, 2015, 06:23:58 PM
Quote from: culturejam on March 19, 2015, 06:17:25 PM
I got mine at, believe it or not, a Key Food grocery store in my old neighborhood in Staten Island.  ;D

Doesn't the Wu-Tang own that store. lol I feel that Wu owns everything in Staten Island.. haha

Cody

When we first moved there, my wife took a part-time job at the Blockbuster down the street. No kidding, one night Method Man showed up to rent some videos.  8)
Title: Re: Stripper for ribbon cable?
Post by: selfdestroyer on March 19, 2015, 06:31:43 PM
Quote from: culturejam on March 19, 2015, 06:27:38 PM
Quote from: selfdestroyer on March 19, 2015, 06:23:58 PM
Quote from: culturejam on March 19, 2015, 06:17:25 PM
I got mine at, believe it or not, a Key Food grocery store in my old neighborhood in Staten Island.  ;D

Doesn't the Wu-Tang own that store. lol I feel that Wu owns everything in Staten Island.. haha

Cody

When we first moved there, my wife took a part-time job at the Blockbuster down the street. No kidding, one night Method Man showed up to rent some videos.  8)

That's awesome. lol

Never meet any one from the Wu but I did meet E-40 here in San Francisco and hung out at a bar with him for a few hours. He was a crack up.

Cody
Title: Re: Stripper for ribbon cable?
Post by: jubal81 on March 19, 2015, 08:51:12 PM
Well, totally shut out.
Home depot, Lowes, 2 Ace hardware stores, an electrical supply store and Grainger. No luck.


Harbor freight had one, but it looked like a piece of crap.
Title: Re: Stripper for ribbon cable?
Post by: GrindCustoms on March 19, 2015, 10:16:05 PM
If you're set on the length of ribbon pieces you need, i'd simply buy custom cutted length/stripped bundles from www.squires.com
Title: Re: Stripper for ribbon cable?
Post by: selfdestroyer on March 19, 2015, 11:15:32 PM
Quote from: GrindCustoms on March 19, 2015, 10:16:05 PM
If you're set on the length of ribbon pieces you need, i'd simply buy custom cutted length/stripped bundles from www.squires.com

Nice link. Thanks Rej, I may use that for a few projects here at work also.

Cody
Title: Re: Stripper for ribbon cable?
Post by: culturejam on March 20, 2015, 01:24:43 AM
Quote from: jubal81 on March 19, 2015, 08:51:12 PM
Well, totally shut out.

This is more or less the same thing I have:
http://www.amazon.com/Proskit-Automatic-Stripping-Adjusting-Mechanism/dp/B005GBJ84W/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1426814591&sr=8-11&keywords=automatic+wire+stripping+tool
Title: Re: Stripper for ribbon cable?
Post by: alanp on March 20, 2015, 01:28:39 AM
I have a couple of Proskit spanners that are *just right* for Alpha pot nuts (10mm) and those red toggle switches (8mm). The 8mm one also fits the 3.5mm jack nuts perfectly as well :D
Title: Re: Stripper for ribbon cable?
Post by: Guitarmageddon on March 20, 2015, 01:40:14 AM
Quote from: culturejam on March 20, 2015, 01:24:43 AM
Quote from: jubal81 on March 19, 2015, 08:51:12 PM
Well, totally shut out.

This is more or less the same thing I have:
http://www.amazon.com/Proskit-Automatic-Stripping-Adjusting-Mechanism/dp/B005GBJ84W/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1426814591&sr=8-11&keywords=automatic+wire+stripping+tool
You save $28.97- that's almost $29 dollars you can throw at another kind of stripper! ;D
Title: Re: Stripper for ribbon cable?
Post by: midwayfair on March 20, 2015, 01:43:24 AM
I would think $1 bills would be more effective than ribbon cable.

Jus' sayin'.