LINE Cable Strippers

overskilled · Dec 15, 2012

Looking at placing an order for some LINE products, saw the cable strippers and I'm tempted but would like to know how well they actually work and how durable they actually are? I'm thinking if they can strip the sheath and the cores, it could save some time and thus they would pay for themselves.
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Rappid · Dec 15, 2012

I wouldn't bother mate, I got a pair of those strippers but not Line branded sitting in the bottom of a box in the garage.
Gone back to my trusty stanley for a neat cut.

MarkieSparkie · Dec 15, 2012

Here is a photo of the similar

[ElectriciansForums.net] LINE Cable Strippers

CK 495001 version in action.

Kem · Dec 15, 2012

MarkieSparkie said:
Here is a photo of the similar View attachment 16201 CK 495001 version in action.

I have these. It strips flex!!!! Perfect for doing kliks

keniff · Dec 15, 2012

How that's pulling off the sheath without gripping the cable ill never know

Kem · Dec 15, 2012

Lol, someone bought them into work one day. Useful for downlights. So I stated messing around with the adjustment and to my surprise it stripped the white cover off the flex.

Believe me the apprentices all went out and bought them. I would sit an apprentice In a room for days just making kliks.

keniff · Dec 15, 2012

My mates ck ones literally exploded in his hand the other week, good bit of kit in certain circumstances though!

HandySparks · Dec 15, 2012

I have one of these; fairly certain it's the CK one. Works well for both the core and sheath on T&E up to 2.5mm² (can't remember trying it on anything bigger). It's not so good where you're trying to strip the sheath inside a backbox, it needs some space to work.

overskilled · Dec 15, 2012

Thanks for that guys, might give them a try given the minimal cost and see how they work.
I usually use a stanley, but always willing to try things a different way.

applemac · Dec 15, 2012

thats a fair price, ck ones i paid 14.95 last week i had 21 down lights to do. i used heat resistant flex into a click box, much quicker! saved a lot of effort and leaves a clean job.
stripped some 6mm t&e down as well, seamed to cope ok.

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thats a fair price, ck ones i paid 14.95 last week i had 21 down lights to do. i used heat resistant flex into a click box, much quicker! saved a lot of effort and leaves a clean job.
stripped some 6mm t&e down as well, seamed to cope ok.

Marvo · Dec 15, 2012

I have to be honest and say I've never tried those new fandangled strippers. We have about 10 pairs of the old fashioned type with the setting screw in our workshop, we have each one set for different panel wire sizes. At the price they're selling for I'm sure they're worth a punt, we pay more than double that for the manual type.

barneybhoy · Dec 15, 2012

These strippers are brilliant, they take the outer sheath off t&e perfectly as well, I only use them if I've got a lot of ends to do (db changes etc) but they save a lot of time and effort without any damage or marks to the conductor

Kem · Dec 15, 2012

barneybhoy said:
These strippers are brilliant, they take the outer sheath off t&e perfectly as well, I only use them if I've got a lot of ends to do (db changes etc) but they save a lot of time and effort without any damage or marks to the conductor

If you use them reversed. Cable entering from right to left (end of cable on left) then it doesn't leave any little lines on the t+e sheath

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