Flat Cable Wire Stripper

[AlgoRhythms]

I recently purchased 100 meters of WireWorld Oasis 8 interconnect cable. It has 4 flat conductors( see picture below)
I'm trying to find a good stripper tool so I can start using it.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Michael MacDonald
AlgoRhythms Mastering

 

[Brian Roth]

I looked but don't see any "4 flat conductors" via a web search. Link??

Bri

 

[Evertide]

I recently purchased 100 meters of WireWorld Oasis 8 interconnect cable. It has 4 flat conductors.
I'm trying to find a good stripper tool so I can start using it.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Michael
AlgoRhythms Mastering

Use RJ11/45 Tools and connectors.

 

[AlgoRhythms]

I looked but don't see any "4 flat conductors" via a web search. Link??

Bri

Thanks for your reply. The attached pdf has a picture of the conductors.

 

[AlgoRhythms]

Use RJ11/45 Tools and connectors.

I will be ataching XLR and TRS connectors to this wire. Its used in audio installations.

 

[pucho812]

Thanks for your reply. The attached pdf has a picture of the conductors.

Oofa. You were not kidding about flat conductor.
One suggestion was to use rj45/RJ 11 strippers.
I suggest using ye old lighter or a real thermal stripper. Light it up to melt the outer jacket and pull it off.

 

[radardoug]

Wow, that cable looks like crap! More hifi bullshit.

 

[AlgoRhythms]

Wow, that cable looks like crap! More hifi bullshit.

Thank you for your insightful comment.

 

[k brown]

I'm afraid it's sharp knife and great care time . . .

I doubt there are any commercial strippers for something like this:

 

[Chandra]

I use something like this for stripping 2/3/4 core flat wires.
You can cut a meter sample from your wire, bring to a local electrical hardware shop and try before purchase.
Regards

 

[Brian Roth]

For ever what reason, I didn't originally see the photo in post #1.

That is a very weird configuration. Some replies suggested tooling for telco RJ11 connectors.

However, the Olde School "silver satin" cable (used to go from the RJ11 wall jack to the phone set) was exactly the converse. The overall outer jacket was flat and contained four round insulated and (almost always) stranded conductors that laid side by side beneath the outer sheath.

My eyes aren't what they used to be, but in the photo in post#1 I only see three insulated conductors along with a bare shield conductor.

That is oddball cable for sure.

Bri

 

[k brown]

For ever what reason, I didn't originally see the photo in post #1.

That is a very weird configuration. Some replies suggested tooling for telco RJ11 connectors.

However, the Olde School "silver satin" cable (used to go from the RJ11 wall jack to the phone set) was exactly the converse. The overall outer jacket was flat and contained four round insulated and (almost always) stranded conductors that laid side by side beneath the outer sheath.

My eyes aren't what they used to be, but in the photo in post#1 I only see three insulated conductors along with a bare shield conductor.

That is oddball cable for sure.

Bri

Post #9 shows the actual inner construction.

 

[Brian Roth]

Post #9 shows the actual inner construction.

Yeah...I saw that and I'm even more confused....LOL!

For folks suggesting tooling for telco RJ11...here is a pic of the silver satin cable I mentioned. It's literally the inverse of this new/unusual cable being discussed.

https://media.cablesandkits.com/p/CAT341000GYULd.jpg
Bri

 

[Brian Roth]

I accidentally found this via a DuckDuckGo search and I THINK it's posted by "WireWorld":



Shrug.....should be a similar process to set it up for XLR terminations.

Bri

PS, in that video, I saw mention of "arrows on the cable". Guess it's another example of
"the audio must flow in THIS direction" voodoo.

 

[k brown]

Well, blow me down - there are such strippers!

 

[Brian Roth]

The tool in the video VAGUELY reminds me of the Paladin wire strippers I've had over the years. They are "agnostic" and magically strip any oddball conductors.

To Michael, the OP in this thread, maybe ask the folks at WireWorld for a make and model of the tool used in their video? <g>

Bri

 

[AlgoRhythms]

For ever what reason, I didn't originally see the photo in post #1.

That is a very weird configuration. Some replies suggested tooling for telco RJ11 connectors.

However, the Olde School "silver satin" cable (used to go from the RJ11 wall jack to the phone set) was exactly the converse. The overall outer jacket was flat and contained four round insulated and (almost always) stranded conductors that laid side by side beneath the outer sheath.

My eyes aren't what they used to be, but in the photo in post#1 I only see three insulated conductors along with a bare shield conductor.

That is oddball cable for sure.

Bri

There are 4 flat conductors inside the round jacket. One of the flat black wires I attempted to strip by hand but I did a poor job. Sorry for the misleading photo.

 

[AlgoRhythms]

Post #9 shows the actual inner construction.

That's essentially it. But #9 doesn't show the helix twist of the 4 conductors inside the outer jacket covering.

 

[cyrano]

He removes the outer shell with what seems a pro UTP stripper, and then resorts to the venerable 2$ wire stripper to do the wires inside...

LOL. I mean, who are they fooling with their complicated looking black magic mojo?

Also, there seems to be very little copper in this cable. I would never use that as a speaker cable.

 

[NoisyIndividual]

At 55 secs, the video shows what looks like a semiconductive sheath on the inside of the blue jacket, but no way to connect this to ground.
Is this cable shielded or not?