[Shop-talk] stripping large wire

[Randall]

> The correct way is 
> to pretend you are whittling a stick, cut out pieces of 
> insulation lengthwise on the wire, repeating the cuts until 
> you are down to the wire.

I agree.  And if you keep your thumb on the opposite side of the wire, the
knife can't get to it to cut.  But for 2/0, you can probably hold it like a
piece of wood and whittle away from your hand instead of towards it.

-- Randall