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Cheap strippers #442686 05/13/05 03:40 PM
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 632 Corpus Christi,Texas Gene Member
Gene Member Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 632 Corpus Christi,Texas	Just tested 48 cables ,that a supposedly five year veteran terminated,replaced 24 shiners and cut conductors. When will they learn.If he worked for me He would be gone.took him 2 full days to terminate these. What A TECH?

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Re: Cheap strippers #442687 05/14/05 12:44 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,573 Rahway, New Jersey groundstart Member
groundstart Member Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,573 Rahway, New Jersey	what the heck is a "SHINER"........

Re: Cheap strippers #442688 05/14/05 02:11 AM
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 3,268 Mission, TX S. Beloit, IL JWRacedog Member
JWRacedog Member Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 3,268 Mission, TX S. Beloit, IL	A scraped or cut section of cable that you can actually see bare copper. Not a happy sight. Rockford VoIP

Re: Cheap strippers #442689 05/14/05 06:06 AM
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 731 Columbus, Ohio BIGDOG3c Member
BIGDOG3c Member Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 731 Columbus, Ohio	or what you get when you tell someone they don't know what in the H*ll they are doing!! ------------------ BIGDOG3c PARALLEL TECHNOLOGIES INC. WWW.ABUGSEYEVIEW.COM [This message has been edited by BIGDOG3c (edited May 14, 2005).] BIGDOG3c PARALLEL TECHNOLOGIES INC. BIGDOG3c.COM (Amateur Photographer)

Re: Cheap strippers #442690 05/14/05 06:55 AM
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,220 Likes: 2 Chicago area, Illinois Coral Tech Member
Coral Tech Member Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,220 Likes: 2 Chicago area, Illinois	Hell I thought this was about girls..... Coral Tech www.pantelonline.com

Re: Cheap strippers #442691 05/14/05 11:34 AM
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 632 Corpus Christi,Texas Gene Member
Gene Member Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 632 Corpus Christi,Texas	A shiner is a short waiting to happen ,caused by those cheap plastic strippers, because the Tech doesn't know twist cause bumps and when you ream the jacket to tight it will cause shiners,That's why I allways train them with snips,and pull strings,ONLY!

Re: Cheap strippers #442692 05/15/05 03:36 AM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 56 Des Moines, IA USA oberender Member
oberender Member Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 56 Des Moines, IA USA	speaking of pull strings, we always leave pull strings when we do a job. Sure makes it nice if we have to come back and pull more. Does anyone else leave string behind?

Re: Cheap strippers #442693 05/15/05 06:31 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,573 Rahway, New Jersey groundstart Member
groundstart Member Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,573 Rahway, New Jersey	BEING NICE only exists west of the mississipi...here in NJ/NYC its each man for himself....LOL LOL

Re: Cheap strippers #442694 05/15/05 12:42 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 341 Johnstown, Pa USA Rover88 Member
Rover88 Member Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 341 Johnstown, Pa USA	We always leave a pull string in major conduits--and a note in the closet that if the string is used, please pull another. That actually works, sometimes. As far as strippers, I use the cheap little Siemon stripper (less than $5.00 at Graybar).

Re: Cheap strippers #442695 05/16/05 08:34 AM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 25 Vero Beach, FL bradleyland Member
bradleyland Member Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 25 Vero Beach, FL	I think he's talking about the filament inside Cat5 that you can pull on to strip more sheathing. I thought I was the only one that used it. I'll usually cut a little sheathing with my scissors, then grab the filament and use it to strip as much as I need.