home made scrap cable stripper

heres a few pictures of a home made cable stripper i constructed .the wheels on it at the moment are for cable crushing flat twin and earth but can be changed to a slitting disk and guide as well for cutting up armoured cable

Originally Posted by brightspark but can be changed to a slitting disk and guide as well for cutting up armoured cable

How does it get on with XLPE? I find it a pig to remove the conductor sheath with a blade - seems to be stuck to the conductor.

Intresting machine might make one my self will improve the weigh in value

Originally Posted by Robotstar5 How does it get on with XLPE? I find it a pig to remove the conductor sheath with a blade - seems to be stuck to the conductor.

it will slice down xlpe no probs the cutting wheel is 2 .1/2 inch hardened steel. with a larger set of rollers put on shaft it will slice down up to 3inch diameter armoured at a good rate of knots spindle speed is 80 rpm the motors 1 .1/2 hp the only thing it needs is a safety kill button on the table as it doesnt stop if owt gets jammed

how does it work ? it it simply crushed which splits the sheathing or is there a cutting blade i cant see ?

phil

Originally Posted by philpullan how does it work ? it it simply crushed which splits the sheathing or is there a cutting blade i cant see ? phil

the pressure applied between the rollers is that great the cable cores split through the inner and outer sheath of cable .the cores get quite hot on the way out .ive made a slittingwheel and guide in picture for slicing down thicker and armoured cable interchangeable on the shaft. just one nut on shaft to undo and the a frame bearing with wingnuts and wheels can be changed

Any chance of some plans

id be interested in plans aswell if possible.

Originally Posted by brightspark the only thing it needs is a safety kill button on the table as it doesnt stop if owt gets jammed

that sounds scary.
whatever, you've done a good job, and hope you can improve your machine very soon.

Your top crushing roller appears to be mounted in a roller bearing, but the slitting roller (not the serrated slot roller) in the bottom photo does not. Do you run this slitting roller without a roller bearing?