IDEAL Industries LB-1001 Stripmaster Lite Wire Strippers

Size of the tool, not the stripping principle. The Stripmaster Lite is 3/4 the size of the standard Stripmaster and was built for smaller hands. Both use the same lever action and the same gripper that holds the wire centered on the stripping hole, so if a full-size Stripmaster feels like too much tool in the hand for a day of panel work, the Lite is the one to order.

The knife-type blades are precision ground and the wire is held centered by the gripper, which is what the tool relies on to virtually eliminate nicking, cutting, and fraying on non-precision wire. The jaws also hold open automatically after the cut so the wire pulls out without the end being damaged on the way past the blades.

Up to a full 7/8 inch (22mm) in a single squeeze. That matters on production runs where you are stripping to a fixed length for terminal blocks or device screws, because you are not making a second bite to get back to the strip mark.

The frame is die-cast zinc, which is what carries the lever load repeatedly rather than a stamped or plastic body. Ideal states it for long-term durability, and the lever action gives a mechanical advantage that cuts operator fatigue on repetitive stripping, which is the usual failure point on a hand tool used all shift.

A plier-style stripper asks the user to line the wire up in the right notch and pull; a Stripmaster grips the wire on the center line of the stripping hole and strips it with a lever, so the result is consistent hand to hand and person to person. If you are stripping a few wires to hang a device, plier style is fine. If you are terminating a panel, a control cabinet, or running production assembly, the lever tool is the one that keeps strip quality even and the hand fresh.

Order it as Ideal Industries LB-1001. That is the manufacturer part number for the Stripmaster Lite wire stripper, and it is the single model, so there is no separate size or finish choice to specify on the order.