stripping wires help

i was thinking of stripping some cat3 for the copper price instead of getting #3 insulated price what is it at now? has anyone ever dtripped cat 3 or ethernet cords? do you gain on the cat 3 or lose if you stripped it for bare copper? is there a easy way to stripp cat 3? my stripper only goes to 20-22 and cat 3 goes through the hole do i need a stripper that does 24awg any good cheap ones? i am currently using a exacto knife it takes a while to do. my yard does not take the ends from the ethernet cables do some yards take the ends? if i find a yard that takes tv boards will they also take the gold plated plug ends?

Originally Posted by mike1

i was thinking of stripping some cat3 for the copper price instead of getting #3 insulated price what is it at now? has anyone ever dtripped cat 3 or ethernet cords? do you gain on the cat 3 or lose if you stripped it for bare copper? is there a easy way to stripp cat 3? my stripper only goes to 20-22 and cat 3 goes through the hole do i need a stripper that does 24awg any good cheap ones? i am currently using a exacto knife it takes a while to do. my yard does not take the ends from the ethernet cables do some yards take the ends? if i find a yard that takes tv boards will they also take the gold plated plug ends?

If your getting #3 insulated prices, it's time to find a yard that has a Telco catagory and pays appropriately.

Originally Posted by mike1

i was thinking of stripping some cat3 for the copper price instead of getting #3 insulated price what is it at now? has anyone ever dtripped cat 3 or ethernet cords? do you gain on the cat 3 or lose if you stripped it for bare copper? is there a easy way to stripp cat 3? my stripper only goes to 20-22 and cat 3 goes through the hole do i need a stripper that does 24awg any good cheap ones? i am currently using a exacto knife it takes a while to do. my yard does not take the ends from the ethernet cables do some yards take the ends? if i find a yard that takes tv boards will they also take the gold plated plug ends?

Ether net cable ends, save them up and send to a buyer on here. Or even send the whole cable.

Originally Posted by mthomasdev

Ether net cable ends, save them up and send to a buyer on here. Or even send the whole cable.

so what do you get for the ends? i only have 32 ends from vga's i assume they are from the 90s so maybe they have more gold on them? do they take the ribbon wire ends to they have gold to right?

Originally Posted by mthomasdev

If your getting #3 insulated prices, it's time to find a yard that has a Telco catagory and pays appropriately.

so whats the difference in price? say if #1 insulated is 2.00 what would the price of #2 and #3 be vs telco catagory?

Mike, why don't you go to your local scrap yard and ask them about pricing?