tv degaussing cable

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

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!

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.

Originally Posted by Mick

The REALLY easy way is to stretch it between two poles and go down it with the flat side of a grinder.

I tried that with a 4inch grinder just to see what happens.

And I really thought it would work well....

What happened was..
The grinder disc grinds thru the top of the plastic where theres two layers of tape.

In between, where theres one layer of tape, it grinds thru it & hits the copper wire.
As it grinds thru the tape, it pulls the glue out & that stays stuck to the disc.

At the same time as it grinds the copper wire, the little copper grindings stay stuck to the disc.
Then, as the disc comes around again, it picks up more glue & drops some of the copper grit off back onto the copper wire & glue.

What I ended up with was a really sticky & gritty 'fine copper' wire with lots of sticky bits of tape stuck to it.
I couldn't get the disc to do long cuts thru the insulation & so ended up with a long bunch of sticky gritty slices to the insulation layer.

It degraded the wire a bit, I couldn't get the '#1 clean bare copper' price for it (I don't anyway, just Copper #2 price)
It didn't save time, a boxcutter knife does a better job, it just takes a while.

Incidentally, The next one I just used a boxcutter knife on it.
Looped the coil over a cupboard door knob & pushed down with my foot...

Then the cupboards screws decided to let go & the whole thing fell down the wall...

Whump, glass all over the place. Thankfully the cat wasn't at his bowl at the time.

I'm back to using a knife & looking for a stripper.

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.