Been stripping coax wrong for a decade, figured it out yesterday

I was helping a new guy on a job in Springfield and he asked why I always scored the cable so deep before stripping. I said that's just how you do it, right? He showed me his tool, a simple RG6 stripper, and the light pressure he used. Tried it on the next drop and got a perfect strip with no nicks in the center conductor. I've been over-tightening the blade for ten years. Anyone else have a basic tool trick they learned way too late?

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lewis.gray20d ago

Guess you finally learned not to treat coax like an enemy combatant.

patriciarivera20d ago

Coax deserves a little tough love sometimes. A firm handshake never hurt a connector.

grant34720d ago

Reminds me of the time I fried a router.