On 11/24/18 7:55 PM, Jeff DePolo wrote:
What's the best way to strip this in preparation of crimp connectors
If you're going to be doing a lot of connectors, the best I have found are
the Greenlee (Paladin) CST-Vario strippers.
I heartily endorse this. I bought one 30 years ago, and I'd never give
it up.
They are a bit of a PITA to set
up the first time since they are fully adjustable both in terms of distance
between each strip level as well as depth of each level. But once you have
them set, there's nothing better or easier for small-diameter cables.
You got that right - it takes me about 15-20 minutes to adjust it for
given kind - maybe 3-4 tries.
When I was actually stripping lots of coax, I wound up buying multiple
casettes that I could adjust for
Virtually all crimp connectors for RG400 or RG142B are going to be a
three-level strip/prep. The distances for each level are going to vary from
connector to connector. As such, it behooves one to standardize one a
particular manufacturer/model of connector, and set up the strip tool for
that particular model. Either that, or plan on buying and configuring a
separate tool for each model.
Last time I checked, they actually sell preconfigured stripping
cassettes for common cable/connector combinations.
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