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Keep turning until you don’t hear the grinding any more.

The remaining 0.25 inch will be exposed, bare copper.

0.25 inch will have braided shield exposed over hard foam insulation.

The strip will be 0.5 inches long from the end of the black cable jacket to the tip of the copper conductor.

This is perfectly normal and is the second level cutting blade slicing its way through the braided cable shield. When you start turning the tool, you will feel and hear a grinding noise. Once you set up your cable to be stripped, as shown above, ease the tool lever down and make several rotations with the tool. Only insert enough cable, so there is no excess protruding, like this… To strip the coaxial cable, press the tool handle down to open the jaws and then place it into the dual-level strip channel. Don’t try and cut steel center conductors as the blade will be destroyed.

Note that it is safe to cut coaxial cable that has a solid copper conductor and CCA (copper clad aluminum) center conductor. Step 1Īgain, we will assume that the cable needs to be cut to length and stripped. Cutting and Stripping RG6 Coaxial Cableįor this demonstration, we will use RG6 double-shield, solid-copper conductor cable. That is what you want.scored but not cut. Viola! The score is perfect when you can bend the cable jacket a couple of times, and it “pops” open. You may need to repeat this procedure a few times to achieve a good score.The object is to score, but not cut through that cable jacket.You only need to make two rotations with the tool. Turn the entire tool, either clockwise or counterclockwise, to score the cable jacket. Now, turn the knob clockwise until you feel the blade contact the cable jacket firmly.Īdjusting to get the perfect score on the cable jacket. Seat the cable into the strip channel with about 2 inches coming out of the right side of the tool (not shown).

Before you put the cable into the channel, turn the adjustment knob counterclockwise so that the blade is raised.Cutting and Stripping Ethernetįor this demonstration, we will use Cat6A U/UTP riser rated cable.įirst, we will assume that the cable needs to be cut to length and stripped. Don’t, I REPEAT, don't cut steel conductor coax. (A must-have item once you have used it!) And the c able cutter for both coaxial and Ethernet. The picture on the right shows RG7 and RG11 blade presets.Ĭoaxial cable shield braid comb. The image on the left shows the pre-set 0.25”/0.25” for RG59 and RG6. Flip over for RG7 and RG11.Ī closer look at the cassette. Ever had a tool just disappear into your “black hole” of a tool bag? Not this tool.Įthernet cable stripper and cut depth adjustment knob with reversible and replaceable coaxial cable stripper cassette.Ĭassette removed. It’s bright green! Yeah, we thought of that.Cable braid comb for coaxial cable, leading to easier F connector termination and far fewer finger bandages for you.The coaxial cable stripping cassette is reversible, so it handles the monster RG7 and RG11 types.The Ethernet cable jacket-strip depth is infinitely adjustable, so you can score the jacket without cutting through it and possibly nicking a conductor.Handles cutting and stripping RG59 and RG6 coaxial cable like it was born to do it, even the big, quad shield stuff.Capable of cutting and stripping the jacket from any type of Ethernet cable, short of the big, industrial 25-pair variety.