Who strips wires with their teeth?

[benheck]

I was just wondering if anyone else does it... or is it just me?

Up to a certain gauge of course it's not a good idea (unless you're a shark) but thinner wires (like IDE) aren't so bad...

So what do you think?

[soundwave]

Its way to much of a hassle to deal with cutting around the plastic with a knife, I just bite off the ends, so much easier, and no risk of cuts.

[bicostp]

I hope you don't do that with the Phoenix line!

But yeah, I do strip wires that way. Sometimes it's just easier than getting the tool. (Like when I have a hot soldering iorn in one hand and the work in the other.) Just don't bite the insulation off of wires with solder on them! (It tastes nasty.)

[madc0w]

i do it with my teeth, but sometimes i use an idustrial strength wire stripper my friend loaned me (His dad works for a wire company)

[daguuy]

that's a good idea i should do that sometime

[gannon]

only rarely. If I'm in a real hurry I'll just use my soldering iron to melt some of the shielding off

[G-force]

Yeah I do it sometimes when I've lost my stripper. is it just me or does that soiund naughty
It does kind of hurt though, and I heard it can damage your teeth if you do it too much. And hey, girls don't like bad teeth!

[sam]

Whip out the buck knife cut around the edge then bite it off. Less damage to your teath.

[I FINALLY REGISTERED.]

i solder wires to my power supply, and then if i forget to strip the other end that connects to the circuit, il strip both the cathode and anode wire at the same time.

[peppers]

of course its the ezest way why pay money for something that god bulit into you I have no need for wire that im not capable of biteing off the plastic coating the onley real wire like that is up the telephone pole

[nos_slived]

I do sometimes, but usually I just use one of the 5 wire strippers that I "borrowed" from the electronics room last year.

Like when I have a hot soldering iorn in one hand and the work in the other

Make sure that you bring the right hand to your mouth. *Bites down on soldering iron* *ZAP* *BURN* *SIZZLE*

[benheck]

There's a couple thick wires in a Phoenix that I use my snippers to strip, EVERYTHING ELSE I strip the ends with my teeth. Even right now I have a bit of plastic stuck between a tooth I've been trying to work out all evening (Might have to resort to toothpicks!)

It's just so much faster, as Peppers says it's something "built into" your body, a feature! Grabbing a tool, holding it to the wire, gripping the wire and pulling is WAY slower than just biting it and yanking it out.

[LToidKing]

I always use my very dull exacto knife to score the insulation, then pull the rest off with my fingernails. Works pretty good, much easier than trying to use a tool.

[Super Mulletman]

Of course I use my teeth, although I'm not proud of the amount of insulation I've swallowed over the years...

[gannon]

Hope there wasn't any lead shielding
For thicker cable like cat5 I have this little elastic ring that I just put on the cable and spin in a circle. (kinda like a pipe cutter) Strips it pretty nicely without damage to the internal cables