New Wire Stripper Tool

[FullySprinklered]

My wire stripper has been giving me grief for a while now. Somewhere along the way I stripped a wire that was still hot, and it damaged the cutters and doesn't work well anymore.
When I first went to work doing this kind of work, my boss took me down to the supply house and bought me a tool belt and all the screwdrivers, etc., and an automatic wire stripper. I took one look at the wire stripper and thought that it would probably last a month at best. This was around 1990 and I still have it. Needs blades, but it still works.
Last week I decided it was time to replace my current set of strippers. They don't sell replacement blades off the shelf at HD, so I went for new. I always thought that the strippers could be more useful with a wire-cutting feature. To my surprise, the Klein brand "Katapult" now has an integral wire cutter , good up to 10g single wire.
I snatched it off the rack and ran for the check-out.
That was just yesterday, so I haven't had a chance to use it, but it's promising.

 

[Stuff]

I actually got one of those a few months ago. The idea sounds helpful and the cut is clean but most of the time it is better to use a pair of side cutters. The problem is that you have to feed the wire through it. So trimming a wire is great, you just can't cut a wire in the middle without spending way too much time threading it through the tool.

 

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[FullySprinklered]

Thanks, Stuff. we'll see how it goes. I did need and new set, wire cutter or no.

 

[FullySprinklered]

Yeah, I think the wire cutter will be an asset occasionally, but it may not be all that I hoped it would be. Be that as it may, it's so nice to have a smooth cutting set of strippers again, I'm happy. Got to try them out on a set of under cabinet lights yesterday.