My journeyman in Tacoma called me out on my wire stripping habit

I was prepping a bunch of 12-gauge wires for a panel change and kept nicking the copper. My journeyman, Frank, walked over and said 'You're holding the stripper like it owes you money.' He showed me how to use a lighter touch with my Klein 11055 stripper, just enough pressure to cut the insulation without touching the strands. I'd been doing it wrong for three years. Anyone else have a basic tool technique they learned way later than they should have?

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riley_west3h ago

My buddy did the same thing with a hacksaw for ages, always wondered why his cuts were so crooked.

hugo_schmidt18m ago

Yeah, the crooked cuts thing. My friend tried to cut a pipe with a dull blade for months, kept blaming his hands. Turns out he never changed the blade once.