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    I haven't used the Stripmeister but there are a few things you might try.

    You might have the cutting wheel set down too far. Too much downward pressure can cause the wire to squeeze of to one side or the other.

    You might try cutting the cable into two foot long pieces and see if they feed through the machine better.



    See if the plate on the front with the holes in it is adjustable. Tinker with the adjustment. Try setting it a little high or a little lower than it should be and see if that makes any difference.

    ( I get some wire that feeds better when the front plate is set a little lower than it ought to be. )

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    Quote Originally Posted by hills View Post
    I haven't used the Stripmeister but there are a few things you might try.

    You might have the cutting wheel set down too far. Too much downward pressure can cause the wire to squeeze of to one side or the other.

    You might try cutting the cable into two foot long pieces and see if they feed through the machine better.

    See if the plate on the front with the holes in it is adjustable. Tinker with the adjustment. Try setting it a little high or a little lower than it should be and see if that makes any difference.

    ( I get some wire that feeds better when the front plate is set a little lower than it ought to be. )
    Cool. Yea I'll have to figure it out otherwise I'll prolly just take it in for .30 for acsr ec wire is .75 I figured if I strip it I make more. I have 35lbs ec so I'll have 100lbs of ec in no time especially of I get all the 4/0 5 ft lengths I have about I'm not sure 50 of them? in a storage container at work lol along with 7 a frames and a couple of central AC rads I just got to cut off the ends probably 100lbs of a rads. Plus a stainless steel water fountain so idk what that's going to be like. And 40lbs of extrusion from a 60ft pipe. So I got a lot of money in that container and a pile of window AC cords I'll take in as num 2 insulated. Plus 10 compressor tanks from central acs. Plus 120ft of aluminum wire that was in the 60ft pipe so I got alot of aluminum wire coming.
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