wirejock
Well Known Member
I'm curious how others remove the jacket on shielded Tefzel.
I've been working with wire over 40 years. A career in Telecom. You name it, I've terminated it. 200+ pair telephone cable? No problem. Blue, Orange, Green, Brown, Slate. Why Run Backwards You Varmint. Still stuck in my head. If that's not confusing enough, I terminated backwards because it was easier to punch wires working bottom up, right left.
Anyway, Tefzel is unlike anthing I've worked. The jacket is hard but very thin. Typically, I bend the wire and just touch a blade to the jacket. It usually opens a crack. A little bend and the crack can be coaxed around till that portion can be removed. Works great for RG-400 coax too.
However, one time, I actually found a nick in the insulation of the inside wire. I don't see how the blade could have penetrated past the shield. That could be a disaster if the shield touched the center conductor. Needless to say, I check every time. Maybe it was a brain fart.
Anyway, just curious if someone has a trick. After so many years, I've never trusted any stripper tools. I don't like them. I've seen them score inside wires too many times and had to chase too many shorted cables due to them.
I've been working with wire over 40 years. A career in Telecom. You name it, I've terminated it. 200+ pair telephone cable? No problem. Blue, Orange, Green, Brown, Slate. Why Run Backwards You Varmint. Still stuck in my head. If that's not confusing enough, I terminated backwards because it was easier to punch wires working bottom up, right left.
Anyway, Tefzel is unlike anthing I've worked. The jacket is hard but very thin. Typically, I bend the wire and just touch a blade to the jacket. It usually opens a crack. A little bend and the crack can be coaxed around till that portion can be removed. Works great for RG-400 coax too.
However, one time, I actually found a nick in the insulation of the inside wire. I don't see how the blade could have penetrated past the shield. That could be a disaster if the shield touched the center conductor. Needless to say, I check every time. Maybe it was a brain fart.
Anyway, just curious if someone has a trick. After so many years, I've never trusted any stripper tools. I don't like them. I've seen them score inside wires too many times and had to chase too many shorted cables due to them.
