tv degaussing cable

i use a hook blade on them ,i can strip one in about two minutes

The easy way is to sell it as #2 heavy for 10 cents less

If you just have a regular blade, lay it flat jab it in and move it along the cable. I had a bunch the other day and I put some scrap in my vice so that I had just the right space for a trough inside the vice that the cable laid in. I had about an 8 inch trough about 3/8" wide and about the same depth. Slice, move the cable, slice, move the cable, slice, done.

I am piling up more and am thinking of making something just a little better for the next batch out of wood and maybe adjustable.

Also, that 3 or 4 inch section that has other wires soldered in where it all gomes together gets snipped out and thrown in with my #2 insulated also making it a breeze to strip the cable.

Can anyone recommend a quick and easy method for ripping the black tape off of it?

I tried my utility knife, and my did it take forever. I know there has to be an easier way.

Run the blade of your utility knife perpendicular to the cable rather than parallel (slice it rather than shave it).

The absolute best way to strip degaussing cable is to:

1) Cut in half with cable cutter (near the solder point)

2) Unwrap about 3 inches and tear the tape off

3) Wearing gloves, grab 3-5 single strands of the wire in one hand and wrap around fingers

4) Use other hand to hold remaining bare copper and pull the few strands like a rip cord.

Sometimes the few strands break, just grab a few more from the bunch and do it again.
Peel the tape off and admire the beautiful copper!

George, it just takes practice....if you give up after the first few, you are defeating yourself. Believe me, it gets easier. take all these suggestions (except the one suggesting you put it in your insulated bucket) and then chose which works best for you. I cut the tape with the point of my blade, then switch over to slicing and I can do it in less than a minute ! That's after lots of practice. Haven't we talked about this 10 times !!

Mine seem to come right off when I pull them through one of the $80 ebay wire strippers after I cut the bunch off that is fatter than the rest of the cord with the wires coming out.

ive used a knife . and unwrapped the tape by hand.

I cut the loop in half and find the end that easily will unwind, then I grab the tape and pull. It will unwind about 4-6 inches before tangling with the copper. Then I just cut the exposed metal and let it drop into my bucket, then repeat. I can do an entire cable in maybe 2 minutes this way.

I tried one last night, ended up looping it over a hook screwed into the wall, put my foot in the loop & pushed down, then I run the boxcutter knife down the cables side until I had at least 98% of it with a cut thru its side.
Then I peeled the wire out of the insulation.
Not easy, not hard, not the best way to do it...

I found a 100% plastic handled boxcutter & tried something with it.
I figured that the boxcutter with a groove up its face, would sit onto the copper cable & I'd be able to slide the knife down the cable, with the tip of the blade sticking out and I'd be able to slice thru the insulation.

I got a flat file (That I found that day) with a rounded side. I retracted the blade of the boxcutter & filed a groove up thru the slot where the blade comes out.
When I looked at the groove the first thing I thought was 'Camel toe'.
Then I slid the blade out a bit.... Ah yeah, most men will know what I was thinking then....

It worked OK, would work well on the right dia cable.