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I have decided to clean out the piles of assorted scrap wire & cable. Besides the utility knife and a comfortable stool, has anybody seen or made an economical mechanical copper wire stripping setup?
One idea I have been bouncing around in my head, is to take an old MIG welding wire feeder and machine V-grooves in the drive wheels just wide enough for the copper, and crush the insulation off of 12 AWG and 10 AWG conductors. I saw a similiar design in a scrap yard for stripping 2/0 THHN years ago.
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Clamp one end in a vice and pull the wire tight. Makes for easier stripping.
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Can't vouch for any of these ... but they look promising: www.arpiusa.com
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Last time I stripped a large amount of wire, I clamped one end in the vice, and held a utility knife at an angle and just walked to the end.
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I have some of that rubber/cloth coated twu type wire that is also tinned guess its really old but looks like it will be hard to strip. its about 300 ft of #3
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Question: Maybe I should be asking my boss this one... but now that you mention it - we have a huge bin of scrap wire that goes to the recycler (assuming) every so often. Obviously they are selling the copper, but does the recycler just melt off the insulation?
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Some scrap dealers just ship the stuff to China or some 3rd world country. There, they just toss the wire into a fire and burn the insulation off. Bad news for the environment, and nearby neighbors.
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Labor is so cheap in China they probably strip the wire with a box knife. I have always heard "burned" wire was not "bright" copper and not worth as much.
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