You gotta be kiddin' me.....:no:Anyone else remove sheathing on romex like The electrician in "this old house video" ? http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/video/0,,1618107,00.html
I learned to strip everything with my Kleins, dumped my strippers years agoWeird. I use my Klein t strippers to strip everything from romex to SO to festoon cable.
When using screws instead of mad bars on a steel box I don't tape devices. Once I get backing n the swing of it I don't on mad bars either, but when I am rusty I do.220/221 said:I will do it like that in a pinch if I don't have a knife with me. Lots of sparkys use their side cutters for everything. Personally, it's my least used tool. I use it for a hammer, for twisting the occasional splice and untwisting/straightening wire ends. And, if he use a plastic box, he wouldn't need to tape the recep. I will try the fishtape drillbit thing though.
Coat hanger or locate flag is cheaper.I will try the fishtape drillbit thing though.
I use insulation hangers for my reference bits.I will do it like that in a pinch if I don't have a knife with me. Lots of sparkys use their side cutters for everything. Personally, it's my least used tool. I use it for a hammer, for twisting the occasional splice and untwisting/straightening wire ends.
And, if he use a plastic box, he wouldn't need to tape the recep.
I will try the fishtape drillbit thing though.
I use a 1/8" drill bit and a piece of #14 bare, bent with an L in it. Reflects nicely when shining a flashlight on it.I use insulation hangers for my reference bits.
Works better than the fish tape and you can generally pull the shoe mold away a bit from the baseboard and sneak it between them.
You belong in the special Olympics.I learned to chew gum and walk , doesn't make me olympian material.....:no:~CS~
Well if you ARE a hack chances are you work like a hack.Why did he pull 4' of wire out of the hole then cut 2' off?And that method of stripping looks hack, though he seems to have the knack for it.