Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: wmartin@stl-06sima.army.mil (Will Martin) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Tool Sources Message-ID:Date: 10 Aug 89 14:32:49 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 33 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 287, message 1 of 12 Specialized Products Company (800-527-5018) -- Spring 89 catalog, page 177: Utica Swiss Model U502E Series High Precision Stripping Tool. "Designed to be the most precision chain nose stripper-cutter combination tool for working with Teflon, Kynar, and other tough insulations. This is a very unique [sic -sigh...] tool that has become very popular as a wire wrap stripper/cutter. The 502E eliminates having to use two separate tools. The cutting and stripping blades can be micro adjusted and are replaceable. Features foam cushion handles and is available in 5 wire gauge sizes." It comes in 22, 24, 26, 28, & 30 AWG models. Price: $79.50 each (Wow!) Klein Tools (in Chicago, 312-677-9500), catalog #127 (vintage 1984), page 24, has a model D2291 "Long Nose Insulation Skinner" pliers, which is described as "A special plier for telephone work, designed to skin 22- or 24-gauge wire. Slot provided in nose to crush insulation." This might be what you're looking for, but the illustration isn't clear if there is a real wire-strip hole near the tip of the jaws. Klein's a manufacturer, so no prices are given. Similar size Klein pliers are in the $8-$10 range in a 1984 W. S. Jenks & Son tool catalog (800-638-6405) but this specific one isn't listed, and nothing else equivalent is there either. Interestingly, I looked thru the following other electronic-tools catalogs which did NOT carry a similar product: Techni-Tool, OK Industries (even though they are wire-wrap specialists!), Contact East, and Time Motion Tools. Dikes with wire-strip holes and long-nose pliers with strip holes near the hinge are common, but pliers with strip holes near the tip, as was asked for, are definitely rare! Hope this info is of help. Regards, Will Martin