Most DIYers Have NO CLUE Wire Strippers Can Do These 6 Things!

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@HowToHomeDIY 10 ай бұрын

I am genuinely curious, how many of these features were you aware of and have used? Are there any others you know of that weren't covered in the video?

@shwedman 10 ай бұрын

All of them, but Im probably not your average dryer. Thanks for the video

@kfh1 10 ай бұрын

Didn't know about the j-hook, or the screw cutting feature, this will make life much easier. Thanks

@ki4tlf 10 ай бұрын

On the first couple of strippers, I've always used the groves on the end to grab the wires and form the J or shepards hook. A twist of the wrist holding the stripper and one is formed.

@timglassman2239 10 ай бұрын

Great info on all of the pliers I need to know Love the cat

@CDRNorth 10 ай бұрын

@@ki4tlf that’s how I always did it, but i’m gonna have try those holes and see how well they work.

@kenselleck2414 10 ай бұрын

I have been using stripper/crimpers for 50 years and today I learned about the shepherd's crook holes! One thing to add is when crimping connectors you also need to crimp the plastic part onto the insulation to provide strain relief of the connection and to reduce contamination at the crimp.

@AlainODea 10 ай бұрын

I picked up a Klein crimper and wire stripper following your prior demonstrations. Used it to repair a kettle: new thermal fuse with crimp connectors and wires to strip. It was easy and straight forward. Love your videos. Very well explained and demonstrated. Thank you!

@JCWren 10 ай бұрын

5:38 See that little cup in the plastic at the top right of each screw? That's a wire stop. Strip the wire to length, and it'll hold the end of the wire while you wrap it around the screw. You won't get quite as tight a loop as using the pliers, but it's enough that it won't come off the screw, and you don't need to use the J-hook bender or the pliers. Down side is that if you're using the second screw on each side, it's a little more difficult. Or you can use the outlet to preform the J-hook before you put it under the screw. I think that same receptacle allows stripping the wire with the ears. Large side is #12, small side is #14. However, definitely not saying this is more efficient than using proper tools, but it's functionality built in that a lot of people aren't aware of.

@aaronciha5027 10 ай бұрын

I had found a wire stripper while backpacking that I had kept, but did not know how good of a find it was until I watched this. It has all of the features from all 4 of these strippers.

@danwilkening888 10 ай бұрын

I actually own all of those strippers. I love the auto adjusting ones when I have a bunch of connections to make and the others for everything else. I started with the garbage ones and quickly replaced them with better ones. The screw cutter is a great feature and the only reason I keep the cheep ones in my tool pouch.

@Midcon77 10 ай бұрын

I appreciate this video - I knew there was a purpose for those different designs but didn't know what they really were. Thank you!

@bleedseason123 10 ай бұрын

That's awesome! I had no idea about the threaded screw cutter feature! Thank you!

@CDRNorth 10 ай бұрын

Well, I just doubled or tripled my knowledge of how my Klein pliers work. Thank you very much.

@HowToHomeDIY 10 ай бұрын

Excellent! Really glad the video was able to bring you that much value. Thanks a lot for the feedback Cliff! 😎

@pt2575 10 ай бұрын

WOW ! Great information, very clearly presented. Thank you.

@caffeinatedinsanity2324 10 ай бұрын

Got a pair of knipex wite strippers, and the cool thing with these is that you can cut screws, but you just need to slide them in the holes, no need to thread them in. And they make clean cuts. Never had any problems screwing them in.

@traumarnri 19 күн бұрын

Thanks for the great review!

@majorburke9735 10 ай бұрын

That “starter wire stripper” at the end in the red handle saved my life. I cut a live power cord (not intentionally), and the wire blew up in my face like an M80. I thought I was seriously hurt bc my hand turned black; but it was just the paint that blew off the pliers and instantly melted to my hand. However, the insulated handle did its job.

@Matthew.Morycinski 10 ай бұрын

Good advice. Get the automatic one if you build something big. I once had to build a big electrical cabinet for a greenhouse. I managed to get RSI in my arms from stripping hundreds of wires. It bothered me for half a year. As for the cheapo, the only good part of it is the screw cutter. It does cut every Imperial size from 4-40 to 10-32, and that's why I keep it.

@michaelirvan3828 10 ай бұрын

Ive used all those tricks before doing industrial. The kobalt I have also have the hole for 10/32 cutter.

@rollandlynch5782 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this very informative posting. I learned a lot about the tools.

@364kudi 9 ай бұрын

YOUR AMAZING….y’all he makes everything so easy… love this man😜

@HowToHomeDIY 9 ай бұрын

Thanks you! Really glad to hear you are finding so much value in the channel. Thank you very much for the feedback!

@jpofpcfl 10 ай бұрын

Well done video. Learned a ton. Thank you!

@PepsiKid 9 ай бұрын

I knew most of the uses for these tools. The tool I have had for maybe over 40 years (the yellow handled tool fourth from the left) I cannot find. It is so old and been rattled around with other tools needs to be replaced. I was excited that you had mentioned that the like was in the description below so I could replace it. Unfortunately, none of the links work for that specific tool. Great video though.

@woodlandburl6648 10 ай бұрын

YUP! I did learn something new. Thanks!

@micahbell3119 10 ай бұрын

I knew more of that than I first thought I would. The J-Hook holes threw me off. But I was always told that they should Cut, Crimp and Strip.

@techieg33k 10 ай бұрын

I never knew what those holes were for. Time to get a pair of those for home

@roblow5522 10 ай бұрын

Old retired sparky here, nothing new there. My crimper of choice was a Klein. With handles like a side cutter, with one red handle and one black. I always knew which end was up. It had two sizes for crimping uninsulated terminal connectors and a cutter on the end. Glad I never lost it because I never seen that exact style anymore. Now they have one slot for insulated and one for uninsulated. To me crimping with an insulated crimper gives the terminal connector that ugly flattened out look. Using an uninsulated crimper puts a dimple hole in the middle and the rest is nice and round. And the wire isn't going anywhere without the terminal connector. It's a better crimp. If the wire was small enough I would strip it long and fold it over for an even better, but not needed conection. That little hole isn't going to short to anything, that's my five cents.

@jimboyer3528 10 ай бұрын

Nice video, I learned some new stuff.

@sfcbrick 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, had no idea about the "needle nose" pliers.

@jeffallmond5030 10 ай бұрын

I have used pliers like the Klines and have known about the screw holes, but I did not know about the extra holes for making the J-hooks

@kenerickson4923 9 ай бұрын

I use the bolt cutter for cabinet hardware bolts.

@halporter9 10 ай бұрын

Screws length. I have gone crazy trying to find reasonably sized machine screws for receptacles! For 40 +. Years. ! God, if I had only known.

@BryanGibbs-nh9uq 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video

@colhubbard9348 10 ай бұрын

Only thing i didnt know was the screw cutter lol thanks

@kevinewing-oo8ix 8 ай бұрын

Very helpful

@clems6989 10 ай бұрын

@5:45 What screwdriver is that ?

@HowToHomeDIY 10 ай бұрын

I think I have a link for it in the description of the video. Love that thing.

@marclours 10 ай бұрын

Thanks.

@yvonnejackson1696 10 ай бұрын

Another “Gee, I always wondered what that was for”video. BTW, yours is one of the two where I almost always read all of the comments and replies. Learn more from some of them than folks probably learn from my comments.

@rickzwolinski 8 ай бұрын

8/32 are the bolt size on octagon, square or 4 11/16 (stove box). You probably are not aware of this since these are used in construction. Everything else is really good.

@robertgwalsh5878 10 ай бұрын

Thank you

@jessiemae6873 10 ай бұрын

Sorry but it is not 8/32 or 6/32 screws. The 8 and 6 denote the screw size and the 32 denotes threads per inch.

@bobhall5893 10 ай бұрын

And its simply pronounced six thirty two or eight thirty two.

@HowToHomeDIY 10 ай бұрын

Correct. Appreciate the call out. My mind was somewhere else I guess 😂

@yvonnejackson1696 10 ай бұрын

Good eye

@TomCee53 10 ай бұрын

When cutting screws, enter from the threaded side. Otherwise it just falls out and doesn’t clean up the threads.

@terryrogers1025 10 ай бұрын

👍thanks.

@frijoli9579 10 ай бұрын

Just an FYI it's not 8/32nds, it's #8 diameter 32 threads per inch. Pronounced 8 32. 😉

@TheVideoGameVault 9 ай бұрын

Cutting the screws was a new one for me but I've only owned cheap ones.

@rickzwolinski 8 ай бұрын

Good boy! squeezing the loop closed

@ascotinme 10 ай бұрын

6-32 is not a measurement , 6/32 is but it’s more commonly called 3/16ths. The same with 8/32nds that is more commonly referred to as 1/4”.

@joewenzel5142 10 ай бұрын

Mini-bolt cutters, I did not know that.

@kellicamacho3680 8 ай бұрын

Cool

@DeathclawJedi 10 ай бұрын

Shockingly good value? Electrition jokes lol. Most of the features you showed I have done or seen others do but there were a couple that were new to me so ... Yes shockingly good.😃

@Freedbird 9 ай бұрын

I almost forgot what I learned when that cat cried ! Lmap fr. Good video, great joke !

@4vinylsound 8 ай бұрын

This video is from one month ago and I saw it last week why is it being posted again now

@HowToHomeDIY 8 ай бұрын

Various reasons actually. You don't have to watch it again. The post said if you haven’t seen it yet to check it out. Not go watch it again.

@TruthIsNotTemporary 10 ай бұрын

I always hated crimping butt connectors and the like, and my pliers tearing the sheathing 😡

@markharder3676 9 ай бұрын

I own a couple of the self-adjusting kind. One is cheapo. The other has a moderate price. Neither works well enough to be truly useful. They can't grip the wire tightly and the insulation gets torn, or only part of the desired length is stripped. Problems are especially bad when used on narrow gage wire ( 20 -26 ga.) and on Teflon insulation. Not recommended at all.