Just realized I was stripping cable wrong for 3 years

A senior guy walked by my truck last Tuesday, watched me for like 10 seconds, and said 'you're gonna wreck your wrists doing it that way.' I was using the side cutters to strip the jacket, yanking toward myself. He just reached in, flipped my hand so I was pushing away from my body, and that one little change saved me so much strain. Now I can do a whole spool without my forearm cramping up. Anybody else get a simple tip that reeeeally changed how they work?

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dixon.rose13d ago

Honestly had almost the same thing happen with my battery drill. Old timer at the shop showed me to let the tool do the work and just guide it instead of forcing it down. Pushing harder doesn't make it cut faster and that lesson alone saved me a lot of stripped screws and burnt out bits.

reeseanderson13d ago

Buddy of mine ran a drill into a live water line because nobody ever told him to check the stud finder for AC mode first. Spent his whole weekend cutting drywall and fixing copper, all because the tool had a feature he never knew existed. Little twenty second conversation could have saved him a ton of time and a real headache.