- Homemade Copper stripper. DOUBTS
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Hi, I'm from Argentina and I'm going to build a Copper wire stripper
My idea was to build a similar one to the GENSCO CSX-001. I'm going to use a 2HP engine (1450 rpm).
I have 2 doubts: What reduction does it take? 20/1? What size is the "V" traction roller?
I hope someone knows how to solve these doubts. I promise to put photos of the entire construction process and videos of the machine working. Thank you very much.
Sorry for my English...
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My buddy Jack who owns the scrap yard I used to haul my cars to has one of these wire strippers and the last time i was there scrounging for goodies his shop hand was peeling some wire. It's fast and efficient, by the time you build one it would cost three times what this stripper would have cost you to purchase brand new.
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I work in a scrap yard, I have EVERYTHING I need. There are motors, reducers, shafts, bearings ... Apart if I have to import... long long time ...
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Do these gears give you an idea, you could use your angle grinder to profile the larger gears used in the spiders.Originally Posted by ARGscrap
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Alloy, it was my intention to start from a solid SAE 1045 steel block and turn it so that it adopts V-shape with the grooves to drag the cableDo these gears give you an idea, you could use your angle grinder to profile the larger gears used in the spiders.
Like this:
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I have one of these in my shop.
It is AWESOME for stripping big cable mcm 350 and up. not so great for stripping smaller stuff. Smaller wire just rolls off to the side of the blade.
Here's the blown up view:
Here is the manual (PDF) that I got the blown up view from. Should be some good info in there for you.
http://www.bluerocktools.com/content...Model%2060.pdf
I have to agree with alloy tho... would be a lot easier to buy a used one. If you have the cable to feed the machine it would pay for itself in a couple of days. Then again I don't live in Argentina and have to deal with importing strippers.
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Hello Pjost, thank you very much for the information, it is going to help me in the construction of the machine. One question: Could you tell me what reduction you have? From the RPM engine .... to the gearbox? 15/1? 20/1 ?. It would also help me a lot to know the size of the v traction roller
I hope you understand me, my English is not very good .... Thanks
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ARGscrap... your English is fine
1st question regarding the gear box, I have no idea. According to the manual (PDF link I posted above) it runs @ 75ft/Minute. I think it is a 2hp motor. 75 Ft. per Minute is not real fast so the reduction in speed is quite large.
2nd question regarding the size of the V shaped roller... I'm not home right now, but when I get home I will measure it for you. I am going to say 4 inches off the top of my head (estimate). I'll snap some pictures for you also.
In the meantime here is my brother-in-law's pencil holder. a squirrel's ass:
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Hi Pjost, in the gearbox there is a specification, for example ... 15 engine revolutions there are 1 in the gearbox, It is usually written like this: 20/1 ..... or so .... I 15 .. ... I 20 .... with that information I start the construction Monday
Very good the pencil holder, ideal for my company !!!
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Hello ARGscrap. I snapped some photos for you.
Dimensions on roller wheel:
about 2.25 inches by about 4.5 inches in diameter:
The motor runs @ 1725 rpm:
The shaft that runs the V-shaped roller is 2 inches:
There is NO stamp (15:1, 20:1) on the outside of the gearbox. Sorry, but I am not about to tear it apart to look inside. Wire runs at 75ft/Minute.
With all that info, a good mathematician (which I am not) could figure out the gear reduction.
Hope that helps.
Great photos. One thing I would mention is that if you are stripping solid core insulated wire you can accomplish it with two flat wheels. The flat wheels pressing against the solid core insulated wire(squeesing/crushing it) will cause the insulation to split giving you the desired effect. 73, 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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There are many pulley reduction ratio calculators available online.
Last edited by HipoGear; 01-23-2017 at 09:14 AM. Reason: typo
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Very good photos, they will help me in my project
THANKS Pjost!!!
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Yes, but you must know the diameters of the pulleys, without that information the calculators are of no use to ANYTHING.
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That's the joy of using an on-line calculator you get to play with diameters without laying out cash for pulleys.
MullieMotors
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I have used this, I think I am not wrong in that the reducer (using a 1450 RPM motor) is of the relation 20/1. Thanks alloy
Deterco FPM to RPM
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Don't forget the thanks button, as a retired scrapper it's the only thing keeping me here on this forum.
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