I've been doing some of this the last few days - gauge project and the resulting foil repairs, grr.

All David wrote in other message is so true.

And trying to use wire stripper to make bare spots in the bight, so to speak, did not work out for me. I went back to sharp knife.

alistair

On 2012-06-12, at 8:46 PM, David Beierl wrote:

> At 12:55 PM 6/12/2012, neil n wrote:
>> cap to them or use a wire stripper to pull back wire casing to do same.
> 
> I know it's too late, but for the record:
> 
> This isn't going to work except possibly on a very short wire (few
> inches).  You might be able to strip a piece toward the end and then
> slice it off with a knife, then strip another piece farther back also
> toward the end, leaving you a bit of clear wire in the middle.  But a
> knife is probably easier.
> 
> Yours,
> David