Stripping CAT5

[L-E_Fault]

Evening gents being stripping CAT5 recently using a blunt pair of side cutters, are there any tools about that make it easier as some times I cut through the copper.

I did notice on Patchs shed thread he has a automatic stripping tool in his (very clean) toolbox, is that any good??

 

[Evans Electric]

Tim you need sharp sidecutters , expose the drawstring and rip it down the outer sheath. Blunt sidecuters are as much use as a chocolate teapot.

 

[Lee321]

rj45 crimp tool has a ringer built in

 

[revjames]

When I was in NZ I did a lot of Cat5 and we had belden strippers. They were a simple one piece plastic design with a hole for your finger and a fixed blade. You just put the cable in the slot and whizzed it round and the jacket came off neatly. there was also a blade for separating glued pairs.

 

[revjames]

Check this this is what I was trying to describe. Cheap but effective

 

[steptoe]

When I was in NZ I did a lot of Cat5 and we had belden strippers. They were a simple one piece plastic design with a hole for your finger and a fixed blade. You just put the cable in the slot and whizzed it round and the jacket came off neatly. there was also a blade for separating glued pairs.

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very similar to co-ax stripper

 

[L-E_Fault]

I've been running a knife around the outer sheathing which works fine its the inner cores that I tend cut due to them being so small.

 

[ianmacd]

I always have used these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cyclops-Stripping-Tool-UTP-STP-Cable-up-11mm-/110521338159?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Computing_NetworkingTools_Accessories_SM&hash=item19bb95c92f#ht_500wt_773

Work with coax too.

 

[Jono Pashley]

CK Auto Stripper works pretty well on the inner cores pretty well

 

[Apache]

Well this thread just goes to show - there's lots of ways to skin a CATS



:coat

 

[JUD]

I always have used these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cyclops-Stripping-Tool-UTP-STP-Cable-up-11mm-/110521338159?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Computing_NetworkingTools_Accessories_SM&hash=item19bb95c92f#ht_500wt_773Work with coax too.

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[Barx]

Why would you be stripping the internal cores. Use a cyclops cutter to strip outer then either make your plug or punch in your jack. No need to strip internal cores.

 

[ianmacd]

Why would you be stripping the internal cores. Use a cyclops cutter to strip outer then either make your plug or punch in your jack. No need to strip internal cores.

That depends on what you are using the cable for really.

 

[Robojin]

I always have used these: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Cyclops-Stripping-Tool-UTP-STP-Cable-up-11mm-/110521338159?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Computing_NetworkingTools_Accessories_SM&hash=item19bb95c92f#ht_500wt_773Work with coax too.

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