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Just had a thought, I have the big ole pile of small stranded wire, wondering if i flattened the wire out, with some kind of rollers. might make it easier to cut thru the insulation. I wonder if it would break the wires up and make it difficult to gather. Anybody got a thought or ever tried it?
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If it is 18 guage an smaller I would leave the insulation on.
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My buyer does'nt buy it with the insulation, at least ive never saw any on the yard. I think Little Rock would be as close a place that would.I'd need a bunch to make that trip pay off.Originally Posted by BarrenRealms007
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old wringer washer rollers might do it
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I considered making one using two electric motors as the rollers/bearings/shafts. The type of motor without any wire on the shaft part. (induction motors)
Some bike sprockets & chain & another electric motor that I could control the speed of.
But then I got sick of cutting the brass clips off the wire. I was doing this so I could burn the plastic off originaly.
Then I looked for a way to strip the plastic off cleanly without all of the pollution & making the rollers seemed a way to do it.
Then one day I just sacked up the plastic coated wire, with clips, and sold it 'as is' to the scrapper & got a reasonable price. After that I decided to just use the time I'd spend cleaning & clipping, to get more wire. And sell that.
Maybe the electric motor-shaft idea may help you though.
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They do at the one here and the ones in Memphis.
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Well i called my local yard, they do buy it. 50 cents a lb #1 or #2 same price. Called Little Rock they pay 75 for # 1, #2 50 cents
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No kidding, you called your yard?
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Surely those prices are for insulated wire and not for bare clean copper wire. It might be worth you making the drive up here and prossibly shorter trip than to Little Rock.
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WOW, I just took in 36 lb of #2 at 1.15 lb.= $41.10 I'll do that all day long.
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yes the prices are for insulated. last clean i sold was $2.65 for #2. havent sold any #1.I'll have some for the next load.
I wanted to address the original question. In my search for a wire stripper I found a good looking machine that did what you are describing, actually several. The problem with them was they only worked on solid wire not stranded. I expect you will find that the pressure will tend to press the strands into the insulation rather than split the insulation. I don't want to discourage your inventiveness.
I would think about a motor with a pulley and then a bearing on a lever to press against the pulley. That way the wire would stay inside the pulley and not tend to work its way out. And with the bearing on a lever you could control the pressure on the wire. I would think this would be a quicker easier direction to go in you experimentation. Mike.
"Profit begins when you buy NOT when you sell." {quote passed down to me from a wise man}
Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked
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Here's a clip showing the idea of using two motor armatures as rollers in a homemade wire stripper. It may flatten stranded wire better than it strips it, though. I might have to try building one like this one day.
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yeah i saw some videos, all with solid wire, worked real good, i was just wondering if i kinda take the round off the stranded,not really flatten it like a pancake. might be easier to cut with my knife. I found another post a fellow said he used a carpenters plane. i dug one up yesterday,fixing to try it out tonight.
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