Pete's Videos The "Pinch method of stripping twin and earth cable"

[Pete999]

 

[LankyWill]

I thought this was how everyone stripped twin, I've never seen anyone using a cable stripper, except for swa and fine flex when bootlacing.

 

[Pete999]

I thought this was how everyone stripped twin, I've never seen anyone using a cable stripper, except for swa and fine flex when bootlacing.

Folding knife and a bit of care, does for me, old School and the best all these fancy, waste of time and money tools .

 

[jackhammerJIM]

cut down the middle and pull apart with hands also an easy method

 

[Joshua]

Folding knife and a bit of care, does for me, old School and the best all these fancy, waste of time and money tools .

The only problem with the knife method is too many apprentices either cut too deep and score the inner cores. . Or they slip and give themselves a circumcision

 

[Pete999]

The only problem with the knife method is too many apprentices either cut too deep and score the inner cores. . Or they slip and give themselves a circumcision

Insert the blade between the cpc and N push down once you have enough to hold onto with your other hand, pull the knife down until you have reached you destination, not taught on the Part P course I suppose.

 

[Pete999]

The only problem with the knife method is too many apprentices either cut too deep and score the inner cores. . Or they slip and give themselves a circumcision

Don't use a Stanley type knife, I was taught the folding knife method when I wer a Lad back in t 60s, never ever nicked any insulation, as far as I known, I just flogged my Buck folder to someone who appreciates a good knife. Stanley knife are good for one thing, cutting plaster board, and may be floor covering, that's two but who is counting?

 

[Hellmooth]

I use snips to cut down the middle, extract the earth and pull it down like in the video, the quickest way to do it IMO.

 

[Des 56]

Has the modern tradesman possession of a Stanley knife
I thought they banned them because they can cut their little pinkies,poor darlings

 

[Rocboni]

I strip with a knife down the centre, and cut each tail of either side. Cleaner looking cable neck. We were taught this on the svq3 course, apparently pulling the earth stretched the conductor, I don't believe that... just a way of getting us to do it their way.

 

[Pete999]

I strip with a knife down the centre, and cut each tail of either side. Cleaner looking cable neck. We were taught this on the svq3 course, apparently pulling the earth stretched the conductor, I don't believe that...

Cable neck, what's that? sorry.

 

[westward10]

Just waiting for someone to say pulling on the cpc reduces its csa.

 

[Pete999]

Just waiting for someone to say pulling on the cpc reduces its csa.

You could be in for a long wait Westy.

 

[Rocboni]

Cable neck, what's that? sorry.

The bit thats sticking through the grommet, like to see it clean cut

 

[Pete999]

The bit thats sticking through the grommet, like to see it clean cut

Why? As long as the cable sheath is trimmed off as close as possible to the cable entry point, I can't see what the fuss is about.

 

[Rocboni]

Don't know, nobody sees it. Bit like cleaning the excess off the sides of connector strip, nobody's sees it but I think it looks better. Maybe I have OCD.

 

[LankyWill]

Cant see the fuss with the whole knife situation, must take longer to do. How can you reach the entry point when "Vlad" has double boarded the wall? Unless its 10mm twin the knife is strictly for flex and armoured. It was probably popular in the 60's along with donkey jackets and yankee screwdrivers but times move on.

 

[Hellmooth]

Don't know, nobody sees it. Bit like cleaning the excess off the sides of connector strip, nobody's sees it but I think it looks better. Maybe I have OCD.

I Stanley the edges to give a clean edge on connector as well.

 

[Squid]

Thought it knick the cable with side cutters the pull it apart with the shielded cores as I know the old way of knicking and ripping the earth is frowned upon.

 

[GlenTavener]

The only problem with the knife method is too many apprentices either cut too deep and score the inner cores. . Or they slip and give themselves a circumcision

On a more humorous note circumcision is all well and good but maybe vasectomy might protect us all. No offense you younger lads go out there and do your thing, we all did in our own way!