KNIPEX Automatic Wire Stripper

Hi folks, welcome back to the shop here at Project Pine Hills. Today we're talking about these Condipex automatic wire strippers. You can see the part number is 1262180SB. A quick look at the back, you can see that they adapt automatically to the respective cable cross-section, which prevents the conductor from being damaged. They're for single, multiple, and fine-stranded cables from 0.2mm up to 6mm. They have an adjustable length stop from 6mm to 18mm, you can see that right there, and they're made in Germany. I'll have a link to these in the description so you can check them out. All right, let's take a look at these wire strippers. You can see right here they have that Condipex part number, that 1262180, right on the side. The tool is self-documenting, so right here they tell you it can do from 24 to 10 gauge wire. That AWG is American wire gauge. 4mm, it's 0.2mm to 6mm. You can see right here at the top they have a wire cutter, that's documented as well. It can cut up to 2.5mm wire. Flip the tool around here, you can see it's made in Germany. Now how does this work? And here it has a depth gauge or a length stop that goes anywhere from 6mm to 18mm. That's this red piece right here. Right now it's on 18mm. If I grab this and pinch it, I can move it all the way up. You can see it has a little tooth right here on the front that connects here in these slots. That's at 6mm, I can pinch it, pull it all the way back to that 18mm depth right there. So that's your depth gauge or your depth stop there for the tool. And your wire stripper is right here on the front end. So the way this works is when you grab the trigger, this squeezes down on the wire here, and it has these V jaws right here. You can see that that top V jaw is going to grab the wire on top and pull it back. You'll notice that bottom jaw stays where it's at. So it pulls off the insulation. Now I'll show you how it works real quick. I've got this 12 gauge Romex wire. You push this wire right back to that length stop here in the back, that red piece. And if I squeeze down the trigger, you can see that it strips the wire just that quick. It grabs that shielding on the top, pulls it back. See, I put it on here, you can see that top tooth, that V jaw at the top comes into contact with the shielding on the top, strips it back. But that bottom jaw stays fixed in this location right here. So that's how it works. And of course we have that wire cutter on top. We can just push our wire right through here and you can see how that wire cutter works. Got that cutter on the top, this pulls right down through the wire. So you've got a convenient wire cutter there right on top of these wire strippers. Now the cutter on here of course is for soft wire. So it's designed to cut aluminum and copper. This link stop on here is replaceable and so are the cutting jaws. Now let's look at how it works on other wire. I've got some 18 gauge speaker wire here and I'm just going to put that right back in here in the tool. And let's just see how it does here real quick. You can see it strips it off no problem. I can just pull that insulator off and you can see the stranded wire there is undamaged. So no problem stripping that speaker wire. Here I've got a network wire. It's eight conductors or four pair low voltage wire. And let's see how well it takes the sheathing off of this. I just pop this in here and you can see that cut that off no problem. Did not damage the conductors at all. And you can see they have those four pairs there. So I'm just going to take one of these wires and separate it. Let's see how well it strips that small wire. So put that right in there. We're going to pull it back and strip that insulation right off. So you can see was able to strip the insulation right off that solid copper wire. So that's how well they automatically adjust to different size wires. 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And you can see that all the cables are well hidden under the desk. So it has all these great features at a very good price. Now this has a total lift capacity of 325 pounds. Now I've added weight to it for a total combined weight of 200 pounds, including that Vito tool bag and that tool pouch. And you can see that it lifts that weight no problem. Now this FlexiSpot has easy to follow instruction. I like how the parts were laid out alphabetically. Easy to follow. I also like the fact it comes with wheels. You have a choice to put these on or just feet. That makes it great to use as a workbench. So that's the standing desk from FlexiSpot. I'll have a link in the description so you can check it out. It makes an excellent desk or workbench. And now let's get back to the video. Now this part of the tool is a tension adjustment. You can see it has a negative symbol and a positive symbol up here. I've got it on the lowest setting because I think it's a good place to start when you're using this tool. But if you find that it's not stripping wire, especially if you're stripping something that's really small gauge like this, you might need to increase the tension there. You can see it's on both sides. So you would just grab this and just pull it forward to a different, to a higher setting. You can pull it all the way forward if you want. And it's just going to give you more tension. If you have a piece of wire that happens to not strip initially, you can push this up to a higher setting and try it again. Kinepex has other automatic wire strippers, but they cost at least double what these cost. And that's why I bought this particular model. It was relatively inexpensive. It was a good way to try out a pair of automatic wire strippers and just see how they, how they work out. Now this tool is made of a fiberglass infused polymer, and it's got this red rubber overmold over the handle here in the back. Now the handles don't lock open. That might be nice if you want to store them in a bag, it would make them a little more compact. Wicon also makes a pair of automatic wire strippers. I'll have a link in the description. You can check those out. And they're also made in Germany, but they have a switch up here that you can flip and lock the handles into this position. And I'll also have a link to the other Kinepex wire strippers as well, if you're interested in those, because they do cover wider wire gauges. Like for example, the Kinepex 12-52-195s will do wire gauges between five and 28 gauge. So, but they don't have this small head on the, that these have. One thing I like about these, if you have an electrical box and you have wires in here that are short, you can reach up in the box. And this head on this is small enough to reach in the box here. And you can still use these wire strippers. It's nice that you can, you can do that. For example, your take your typical wire strippers, you know, you can't really get in there to strip those if you happen to deal with some short wire in an existing installation. So, it's one of the neat things about the design of this that you won't see on the more expensive pairs that, again, cost about double what these cost. Now, one drawback to this versus carrying a standard pair of wire strippers is you won't have the ability to twist wire or cut larger gauge wire like you can on these cutters. Of course, with a regular pair of wire strippers, you can cut full Romex, no problem. You can't do that with these wire strippers. So, that's a drawback. I've used some different wire strippers here. I got these Milwaukee 6-in-1 wire strippers that work great. I've also got a pair of high leverage Milwaukee wire strippers that have sort of that duckbill on them. They work great as well. I keep all these in different locations. And then I have these latest pair that I have here, these Conipex wire strippers, which also work great. And all these are sort of a hybrid pair of wire strippers, right? They give you a lot of features in one tool. So, kind of combining a pair of linemen with a wire stripper. So, if you're going somewhere on site and you're working and you want to carry just one tool, you probably want to carry your regular wire strippers. But if you're doing production work or automotive work at a bench, you know, you just can't beat this to quickly be able to strip any type of wire, especially if you're dealing with stranded wire or network cable. It's just a really fast way to strip wire. And it's compact enough. If you look at this, like I want to compare this here, see how it compares in terms of size to this Milwaukee 6-in-1. So, if you're thinking about how much space it's going to take in your bag, you know, it gives you an idea right there. You can see, of course, it's a lot smaller than the high leverage Milwaukee strippers. And here's how it compares to the Conipex in terms of size. So, just kind of give you an idea of how much space you can expect to take. That's what I liked about them. They were really compact. And a lot of times you can look at these on Amazon. You can find them on sales. I think it's a really excellent tool, relatively inexpensive, something really great to try out. I think it really can add to your productivity and especially stripping multiple gauges of wire and just doing it really quickly. All right, there you have it, folks. That's the Conipex automatic wire strippers. I'll have a link in the description so you can check them out. Let me know in the comments what you think of these automatic wire strippers. And please remember to like and subscribe. All those actions help me to continue to bring content to you here on the Project Pound Hills channel. 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