On Mon, May 5, 2008 11:01 pm, Karl Cunningham wrote: > John Oliver wrote: >> I'm going to have to do a lot of CAT 6 cabling between labs, and from >> cabinets in each lab to central two-post racks. Wish I could just call >> in a contractor, but... since I have to do this myself, I need >> recommendations for really good strippers that will nicely and easily >> pull off the appropriate amount of outer cladding without damaging the >> tiny internal wires. There are a couple of really crappy strippers >> around here with dull blades (that probably got that way after too few > > Here's what I do... > > Grab the last 3 feet or so of cable and slide your hand along it to > stretch the outer jacket 1/2" or so beyond the end of the conductors. > Cut the jacket flush with the conductors, and when you let go it will > slide back to expose the conductors. Then grab the conductors and push > the jacket back the other way to expose more of the conductors. Cut the > conductors back a bit so if you let go the jacket would slide back over > them, but don't let it. When you're ready crimp it, the jacket will have > a tendency to easily slide into the back end of the connector and be > crimped rather than to pull back from it. > >
Do you do brises too? <sorry ... satan made me do it> -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
