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OfflineMisterSandman
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Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire.
    #18841465 - 09/14/13 03:45 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

I helped my dad clean out his garage today and he gave me a fuck ton of copper wire, I don't even know how much, couple hundred yards worth maybe more, not the thick industrial stuff just house wire and wire from random electronics.

I have wire strippers and a razor knife but using those would take me ages to get all this stripped. Insulated wire is only about $1.20 a pound around here while straight copper like $3.30 so I'd really like to get it stripped. I would get triple the money but if I had to do it by hand at the end of the day the time/work just wouldn't be worth it.

I don't want to hire anyone to do it. I was thinking maybe using a blowtorch and melting the rubber off? Would that work? Anyone else have any tried and true methods to stripping wire as efficiently as possible? Oh yeah and when I get the bare wire can I just ball it up or do scrap places only take it a certain way?


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Re: Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire. [Re: MisterSandman]
    #18841473 - 09/14/13 03:50 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

My dad and me used to burn it in a 55 gallon drum in te woods by my house. It's not environmentally friendly but we didn't have to strip all that copper wire.


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Re: Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire. [Re: RR42013]
    #18841507 - 09/14/13 04:02 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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My dad and me used to burn it in a 55 gallon drum in te woods by my house. It's not environmentally friendly but we didn't have to strip all that copper wire.



This is what I would say also!!


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Re: Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire. [Re: dan.23]
    #18841513 - 09/14/13 04:03 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

:smile: ditto.  stripping wire is miserable.  almost as miserable as cleaning gasket remnants off of engine blocks


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Re: Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire. [Re: MisterSandman]
    #18841514 - 09/14/13 04:03 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

maybe a board like a L with a couple knife blades inserted into the corner ?  Just a thought haven't tried it.  A friend burnt it, shit was so nasty, wind kept switching directions.  I wouldn't recommend burning it in the back yard or driveway or in town.


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Re: Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire. [Re: dan.23]
    #18841515 - 09/14/13 04:03 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

a potatoe peeler works pretty well and it don't matter how the wire is as long as it is clean


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Re: Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire. [Re: Dobie]
    #18841518 - 09/14/13 04:04 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

Ive had em not want to take wire before cause it was burnt cause it looked like I stole it and stripped it quick like a tweaker


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Re: Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire. [Re: RR42013]
    #18841536 - 09/14/13 04:09 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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RR42013 said:
My dad and me used to burn it in a 55 gallon drum in te woods by my house. It's not environmentally friendly but we didn't have to strip all that copper wire.




Hmmm yeah my neighbor would probably call the cops. My neighbor on the right wouldn't give a shit, hell he'd probably come out and help. My neighbors on the left hate me for no reason though. So far the fastest method I have found is heating the wire with a hair dryer and then going with the razor blade, decently fast, but still not as fast as i'd like.


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Re: Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire. [Re: Dobie]
    #18841559 - 09/14/13 04:20 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

Yeah the guy that i knew that burnt the wire scrap at work got a visit from the popo cuz it raised some flags at the recycling center.


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Re: Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire. [Re: Corporal Kielbasa]
    #18841607 - 09/14/13 04:42 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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Dobie said:
Ive had em not want to take wire before cause it was burnt cause it looked like I stole it and stripped it quick like a tweaker



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Yeah the guy that i knew that burnt the wire scrap at work got a visit from the popo cuz it raised some flags at the recycling center.




Damn, do most scrap places not buy it if it's burnt? Do they just not buy it or do they call the cops?

Is there any way to make it look not burnt? Maybe soaking it in something to get the shine back? Better yet, and I'm pretty stupid so this may not even be possible, do you guys think there is any readily available chemical that could eat through the insulation and leave the copper untouched?


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Re: Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire. [Re: Corporal Kielbasa]
    #18841610 - 09/14/13 04:42 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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Dobie said:
Ive had em not want to take wire before cause it was burnt cause it looked like I stole it and stripped it quick like a tweaker




A family member of mine that manages a recycling steel yard wont take burned (dirty) copper wire.
Not to mention, burning wire is illegal and can be very toxic.


Try something like this.





I am sure there are hundres of ideas better or worse on yourtube


Edited by 4runner (09/14/13 04:45 PM)


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Re: Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire. [Re: 4runner]
    #18841617 - 09/14/13 04:45 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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anunnakian said:
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Dobie said:
Ive had em not want to take wire before cause it was burnt cause it looked like I stole it and stripped it quick like a tweaker




A family member of mine that manages a recycling steel yard wont take burned (dirty) copper wire.
Not to mention, burning wire is illegal and can be very toxic.


Try something like this.



I am sure there are hundres of ideas better or worse on yourtube




huh, not a bad idea, I think I'll try that for a bit


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Re: Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire. [Re: 4runner]
    #18841619 - 09/14/13 04:45 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

Tequila makes my protective shielding fall off.


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Re: Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire. [Re: ModestMouse]
    #18841621 - 09/14/13 04:46 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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Tequila makes my protective shielding fall off.




:lolsy: Every damn time....


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Re: Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire. [Re: MisterSandman]
    #18841636 - 09/14/13 04:51 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

Walk to hardware store any one  buy a wire stripper for like 12 bucks dude.


Its gonna suck but  it will make a man out of you plus you get to buy a tool.


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Re: Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire. [Re: 4runner]
    #18841647 - 09/14/13 04:56 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

Don't burn wire turd, it lets of harmful gases...plus the recycling center won't take it...take a gd razor knife, place the wire under your foot to hold it down and strip the wire...if done right, u should be able to strip 10lbs in a hr....I'm a electrician :wink:


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Re: Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire. [Re: trekie]
    #18841821 - 09/14/13 05:59 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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trekie said:
Walk to hardware store any one  buy a wire stripper for like 12 bucks dude.


Its gonna suck but  it will make a man out of you plus you get to buy a tool.


:suffermanly:




I already have one, it would take me years to do all this wire like that.


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Re: Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire. [Re: findingtruth]
    #18841826 - 09/14/13 06:01 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

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Don't burn wire turd, it lets of harmful gases...plus the recycling center won't take it...take a gd razor knife, place the wire under your foot to hold it down and strip the wire...if done right, u should be able to strip 10lbs in a hr....I'm a electrician :wink:




That's pretty much what I've been doing. 10lbs in an hour?!?! I have to call bullshit, I've been at it for like 5 and I have a pound, maybe 1.5 at best.


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Re: Fastest method to strip a shit ton of copper wire. [Re: MisterSandman]
    #18841846 - 09/14/13 06:06 PM (10 years, 5 months ago)

tie it to a hoes reel, put on gloves, grab the wire, take an exacto blade and push it on the wire while someone reels it in. it'll make a straight cut in the platic and the wire will come out easy


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