Automatic Wire Stripper 10-24 AWG

excelent tool

It has good action. It ejects the insulation piece nicely. The depth guage doesn’t go short enough or D-SUB type connector pins and sockets. The smallest wire it says it will cut (24 ga) it doesn’t cut, only a small nick, then you have to do the rest manually. I expected better from KNIPEX.

I don’t know if this will do PTFE silver stranded wire but I used this to rig up a bunch of automotive wiring and was well worth the purchase

When installing a whole house fan I had wires to strip in confined spaces with short pigtails. The connectors I used required 11mm of insulation removed and this stripper worked perfectly with 12 and 14 gauge house wire (THHN) as well as some 24 gauge vinyl covered control wire. The adjustment slider noted in the second picture increases gripping force when moved forward to the left. Usually I leave it fully to the right, but some of the very small wires requires more grip.Today I tried Tefzel wire used in aircraft which is notoriously difficult to strip. I have a collection of expensive blade strippers as well as thermal strippers for this. They are fiddly. The blade type require careful placement of the wire in the right size cutting hole. The thermal strippers requires careful timing of the heat and produce acrid fumes. The Knipex did 16 gauge Tefzel with its standard setting but did require the adjustment slider to the moved forward a bit for a clean strip o

I am an Electro-Mechanical (field service) Engineer and I work with robotics and lots of different CNC machines almost on a weekly basis doing installations/retrofits all over the Americas, so I travel a lot. My first job doing that was with a German Company and they had something similar so I’ve learnt how good these type are and thats why I’ve ordered these. Those saying that “it looks and feels flimsy” definetly have no idea of what they have on their hands and how great of a product it is for somebody that’s an actual proffesional using it.If you work maintenance, wiring panels, robotics, machine tools, heck, even wiring vehicles of any type or anything that uses mostly stranded wires, THIS IS IT. It will save you a LOT of time and headaches. I can honestly say that if you are wiring panels with one of those sold at home depot, one of these will not only save you a lot of hassle, pulling and cursing, but it will save you lots of time. How much? Saved me about 6 to 9 hours on a week of work (with an average of 11 to 12 hours of work per day) which got me to finish the “impossible job” on time. Settings: I’ve got mine set to the hardest pull and a decent “universal size” of stripping. You can forget about the pull strenght, I have no idea what the other reviews are talking about when they mention that it breaks small wires (I deal almost daily with 12 thru 24 gage and zero problem using the same (max) strenght), the lenght can be easily adjusted but is just easier to leave it where is at (for what I consider an universal good lenght) and if you need the peel smaller, then just do it “by eye” (just look at it, put it where you want it, pull and done, no need to be “adjusting anything). I’ve had this pair for a few months now, they have probably cut and peeled at least 2 to 3 thousand wires and they still work as when I’ve got them. Worth spending 50$ on it? If you are a pro, it will feel like a steal. If you have a hobby, you will love this. If you want to wire a couple of speakers and thats it, you might be over your head getting this and it will probably take you longer to understand how (easy) it works than doing it with a blade.