Gary, thanks for the video, I don’t know I why it was so much fun watching the blade slice through the insulation, maybe because that insulation is so tough. I also liked seeing that beautiful cast iron storage shelf in the background, the one made by Whitney. I have a similar one but mine says Wadkin on it. Happy holidays, Rich
Always great hearing from you Ralfy. Haven’t had a lot of time to keep up with videos. I definitely have some catching up to do. I always appreciate your kind words. Hope you have a great weekend. Gary
I appreciate it Randy. Watched your video earlier this morning on my TV, still need to comment on it . picked up a 1200 Oven from Stan this year at the bash. Still have not plugged it in yet, and now I’m thinking I need to upgrade the controller already. Always great hearing from you Randy, hope you have a great weekend. Gary
Gary, Nice to see a fresh video! Stripping tool worked great ! Well worth the effort considering scrap prices these days. I hauled a mixed load to the scrapper about a week ago and was quite surprised at the $$ total ... at least double what I was expecting. ATB....Dean
Dean, there are definitely certain items that are worth taking the time to scrap out. I watched your latest video this morning on my TV but I haven’t made it to the phone or computer to leave a comment yet. I think your plans for your new base for your new Lathe is going to work very nice. I totally understand trying to maximize storage space. Always good hearing from you Dean, have a great weekend and stay dry. Gary
nice wire striper. I made one with a broken C clamp. I used a pipe cutter wheel. welded the clamp to a stand , ran the different size wire between a guide. made it adjustable for different gage wire. Id bet you like working from home fulltime now.. Im looking forward to that day
Thank you Doug. I do still enjoy my job, but yes I do look forward to retiring where I could just play around in my own shop. Always nice to have you stop by the channel. I watched your videos on your slip roller on my TV. But forgot to go leave a comment. Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas. Gary
Well worth the effort seeing they would have paid you half for the shielding on it. Nice that you are working from home now. You can run your lathe wearing your bunny slippers and the boss won't know. LOL!
Tom, still working full-time. We just have too much work to keep up with. I made the proposition that I would rebuild all the compressor valves at my home shop under old iron machine works and they were good with that. So far it’s been a win-win for both of us, but I don’t seem to have much free time anymore. Wishing you and the family a merry Christmas.
What a great day. Both Gary and RR in the Shop videos out this morning. I have stripped a lot of wire in my day. That is a much better way than my half assed way. I hope you made a bundle on that. Have a great weekend Gary. 🔧⚒🔩
Always interesting Content thanks Bud yep im a scrapper on the side found a brass light system at work the other week about 30 kg's or 66lb worth . its amazing what people throw out in their Greenwaste.😲😄
Nice quick build. Electrician probably would have skinned that pile of salvage wire with a hook knife during his lunchtime. Fine wire/welding wire pays less, cause it "burns up" during the melt is a scrapyard scam. #1 copper is bright, clean red wire, that's it. Were the lugs brass?
I'm sure the lugs were copper. I just did not want the chance for them to plays games because they were left on the cable and were plated. I had Jack take it in and wanted to make it as simple as possible. Thanks for checking out the video.
I did some cable like that last year i split the out side then pulled it off with a tractor. I do alot of scraping i need to build a wire stripper to do alot of smaller wire.
Hey Gary neet video the weight add up so how much per pound ? man your neighbors must love you . when i lived in the San Fernando valley i built 4x4s in my folks driveway and parked a 1970 dodge PU with 2 1/2 ton military axle with a 23ft travel trailer in the street for a couple years then came the 2HR parking signs M-F 6am -4pm but no problem working in the driveway i move 20+ years ago . Keep up the good work. JM
Otto, I hand sharpened it on my carbide grinder with a diamond wheel. Nothing too exciting. I always appreciate you stopping by the channel. Wishing you a merry Christmas. Gary
Great thinking, always thought about the pipe cutter wheel as the perfect stripper but don't have the equipment to rig one up. I'll think of something. Thanks for the video
Brian, funny that you would mention that. Jack and I used a couple of them to jumpstart my Kabota. I did save one section for my service truck where I will be putting a 4000 pound crane in the back.
Since the Kabota is hydrostatic it worked out really nice for Pulling the cable. Plus the Kabota doesn’t burn hardly any fuel. Appreciate you watching the video and leaving a comment. Gary
Michel, It is nice when things work out that way. I hate when it goes from idea to prototype to not working worth crap and having to go back to the drawing board . LOL Appreciate you stopping buy the channel. Have a Merry Christmas. Gary
Nicely done. The fixture on a hinge would make quicker loading.of cable. Sometimes those ends are copper with silver coating to prevent corrosion. Grind one a bit to seel
My original plan was to put it on a hinge, but knowing I would probably never use it again I wanted to make it as easy and fast as I could. And yes the ends were plated copper. Since JACK was taking it in to the scrap yard I decided it was easier to just remove them just in case they wanted to drop the price because of the plating. Appreciate you watching the video and leaving a comment. Gary
Good snag! Nice quick tool also. I would bet there are some electrical contractors that would love to have them with adjustable jaw. Thanks for the look!
