This Automatic Wire Stripper AND Cutter will SAVE you time! | No more manual tools!
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- Tired of wasting time stripping and cutting wires? In this useful Arduino project I create a 3D printed automatic wire stripper and cutter! You simply choose your measurements on an OLED display using a rotary encoder, press a button, and it does it all for you! It will strip the wire, and cut the wire depending on the options you chose. In the video I explain the Arduino project in detail and how you can make this diy cool Arduino project yourself.
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0:00 The old way
0:55 Project overview
01:15 (1) Spool holder
01:51 (2) Wire feeder
02:30 (3) Cutting and Stripping
04:53 (4) Container
05:05 The controls
05:58 Demos
07:22 Outro
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How about a precision dispenser for PCBs; Solder Paste, SMT Glue and/or Conformal Coating.
@@Vikramslm That's a great project! I am actually planning to make a CNC machine very soon for a project, where the moving head will be modular. So we could have a modular head that specifically dispenses PCBs "stuff".
Simply amazing! Thanks, is just what i was looking for!!!
Great project, looks like a very practical tool to have around for your future projects. The diagrams and your storytelling is really great too
Thank you very much! I really appreciate that 😃
This is the best prototype on youtube ,reds files are very organized and he has a bom file ,respect to u master
Thank you! The BOM file was actually done by a viewer (jrsteensen on GitHub) :)
This channel is criminally underrated! Awesome stuff and explanations.
This is great to hear! Thank you so much!
I was going to comment the same thing! @ProjectsWithRed keep it up and your channel will blow up with time :)
Using the Bowden Extruder of a 3D Printer is a genius Idea. Great execution.
Thank you!
But doesn't it damage the wire? I have tried the same concept once with a Bowden Extruder but the extruder's rotating parts with all those edges were hurting the wire, sometimes too much and the copper could be revealed.
Thank you!!!! I need to make like 5 of these!
Very innovative! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much!
This channel feels perfect for me (not that I can make any of these) but it does help incase I do need it. Like converting a wired keyboard to wireless. Which I'm currently looking into
Thank you! That means a lot to me, I really appreciate it! Let me know if you have questions about anything and I will do my best to help.
Finally got it all figured out and working with a few little tweaks. Thank you so much for designing this! I have already cut 450 wires of all different lengths, a process that used to take me forever. Thanks again!
That's awesome to hear! I would love to see an image of it.
@@ProjectsWithRed I sent you an email with some pictures of my tweaks. Thanks again!
@@BusterBeagle3DCan you help me to build a one too?
This is crazy, good job!
I appreciate that!
Great idea and good execution.
Thanks! I really appreciate that.
This is great thankyou for sharing.
Man, I love this. I've been designing a project that will be thousands of 26 and 16 AWG wires. I was just dreading doing all the cabling by hand, (even though the better half volunteered to help.) I found this....and I will be building this. If you wanted to, I'd be open to some inspiration for a diy molex mini fit and dupont terminal crimping machine too! 😁 Just....fantastic work.
Thank you very much! Enjoy making it, let me know if you need any help!
You need some Dubious Engineering for that ..... th-cam.com/video/LOZgiuqLqwM/w-d-xo.html
You are a genius!
Excellent work, go you!
Just subscribed, this is great projects, why does a good and useful educational channel like this have fewer subscribers than a channel that doesn't have any interesting info in it 😥
this is awesome, I'm mostly done building the hardware for mine.
this is a great way to repurpose an old 3d printer. I've using the mainboard and LCD from it, it's even a 128x64 pixel lcd :) the mainboard has 4 stepper channels, so more than enough for this application. I might even see if I can get 2 channels going at once
That's good stuff!
Well Done! subscribed
Thank you! Good to hear!! :)
Any feedback on the video will be greatly appreciated :).
Keren broo.... Simple dan sangat jelas.
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Excellent
This is a great project! I appreciate your use of simpler components. I have a couple questions: what type of breadboard do you have in the photo? and What modifications would you make in the code for cm rather than mm in the length of wire? thank you.
Thanks!
1) After I did the wiring on a normal breadboard (which you can find the wiring diagram in the link in the description), I then transferred the same wiring after I tested everything to a stripboard to make the wiring more compact.
2) The only modification you need to make is the "WIRE_MOVEMENT_MULTI" variable, which is how much the wire moves per 1 unit on the OLED display. So you simply turn on calibration mode using the "CALIBRATION_MODE" variable, then try different values of "WIRE_MOVEMENT_MULTI" until the wire cut is exactly 1cm,2cm, 3cm, ...etc. long, after that, you have calibrated it! This is further documented in the actual code.
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This is awesome, a great use of 3D printing technology! One question though, it seems to me that you might only need a single stepper motor if it is mounted above the blade. For example, imagine a guillotine with a linear motor at the top driving a single lead screw.
Thank you! Yea that's a great idea that could work, you only need to figure out how to support the stepper motor on top as they are actually quite heavy.
@@ProjectsWithRed or use the same style as newer 3d printers. Use two lead screws and a single motor on the bottom and have a belt connecting the two (only one is directly driven). most NEMA17s should have enough torque to still strip and cut the wires
@@leahcornelius This was tested, however the side without the motor tilted and made the blades miss-align and prevent the wire from being cut/stripped. This could possibly work with stronger parts and a different more solid design.
Great idea. Maybe an app to control the measurements using bluetooth instead of the LCD would be more handy and easy to use
That's great idea! It will eliminate the need to fiddle around with a mini UI.
I just happened to take an old 3D printer out of service. It has just about everything but the blades. Perfect.
Hi, is great your proyect!
Thanks for share it!
A have a question... do you use ESP-32?
Thanks! Yes the ESP32 is used as the micro-controller in this project 👍🏼.
Thank you for the really well done construction and Sharing it. Can you please explain how you fixed the Screws holding the nut for linear movement. I Printed your Parts and the Holes are much Too large for m3
Screws. Thank you very much for your answer.
Thank you! For the linear motion nut screws, it uses M3 bolts, but you need to put M3 insert nuts first, that's why the whole is bigger. The hole is the size for the insert nuts which will then allow you to attach the nut using M3 bolts.
cool project! perhaps you could improve it with a "print queue", e.g., once you enter a wire, the machine starts making it, but while it's working, you can keep entering wire parameters and it will add them to a list, and then automatically pull them FIFO from the list.
This is a great idea! I will add this to the list of improvments for this project. This is exactly the type of community I want to build, people coming up with amazing ideas to improve the projects which eventually projects will be built based on all your ideas/comments. Good stuff!
@@ProjectsWithRed I need more channels like yours.
@@navidmehdi6 This is one of the best compliments you can give me! Thank you so much!
@@ProjectsWithRed yh I was supprised when I saw the sub count. But that probably why I found it late. Was looking to convert a wired keyboard to wireless. And one of your older video gave me useful information which others did not provide.
@@navidmehdi6 May I ask one thing you like and dislike about the videos? It will help me a lot.
I'm not sure how much further you went with this project as I haven't checked your channel but a great addition would be to connect it up to a computer where you store a list for each wire configuration you need and have it automatically sent (or maybe just add an sd card for the same task). Additionally you could add an extra extruder for another wire without needing a second cutter by running both into a Y connection and set the code to extract past the meeting point for wire change operations (with that you could add either a tree of Ys or one multi input single output connector with the right geomeries).
Will probably try making something similar soon, so I'm just brainstorming right now. May try to lower the cost a little by using something like a miller 100 wire stripper instead of cutters like yours so I don't need two steppers. I'd just anchor one half to the baseplate and the other to a stepper or possibly a servo. I also noticed with yours there was a bit of deflection of the blade during the cut, that ever cause any issue?
These are great ideas! Well spotted, the deflection causes problems when cutting wires that are larger than 18AWG, which is the max size wire I recommend for this machine to cut.
@@ProjectsWithRed Thanks, I ordered some parts for the core of the device, excluding multiple spools for now, but I revised my plan for multiple extruders. I'm planning to use some continuous rotation micro servos as intermediary extruders for each spool which will take each wire to and from the main extruder when needed. This way will reduce cost even more so you only need one stepper extruder. Then get a PCA9685 for up to 16 spools and a CD74HC4067 for sensors located before each tube in the combiner so we know when the main line is clear to the stepper extruder for the next wire to feed.
That's the plan as I have it so far anyway. Thanks for the inspiration!
@@ProjectsWithRed Oh, and I just posted a short of a wire twister I designed yesterday that you might be interested in. I think it pairs great with this stripper system.
@@Ivan.Wright This is great to hear! I would love to see the final project if possible, good luck!
awesome! lets add a multi material unit to it :)
man, you need light! awesome!
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Super nice build! - Did you test it with stranded wire? I very rarely use solid core wire, so unless it can do stranded wire well, it's of no use for me sadly.
Thank you! Yes I did, it does work with stranded wires too! 👍🏼
Hey! The video is fantastic. It really helped me. I am working on a small project in my University. I wanted to know can it cut a 7mm litz wire? I think it could cut. But I wanted to know tour opinion.
It should be able to cut it, however, you can easily use a bigger blade to make sure its cut. The power is there, just need to make sure the correct blade is used.
Gracias
Really nice video, seems the best solution of its kind on youtube. My only question is, how thin can the wires be? I work a lot with thin wires like 32 awg, would your setup be abel to cut it? I'm guessing its more about the blades precision and sharkpeness then the nemas precision.
Congratulations on the video.
Cheers, Luís Pereira.
Thank you! This is exactly what I aim for with each project ;). In terms of the thin wires, I have not tried it with thin wires to that level, it might be totally fine. But yes the stepper motors will have the precision needed, however, the blades will be the bottleneck on how thin you can go. I recommend getting these kinds of V blades images.app.goo.gl/WDUSZfxvENuiNRRY7 to get the blade precision needed for the thin wires 👍.
@@ProjectsWithRed Thank you so much!
I would think you want a) precision blades, and b) precision wire positioning. Some of the very best strips are achieved with precision circular blades (that is, the type where the circular cutter grind is specific to a wire size), but that requires very accurate wire positioning since it won’t self-center, and an offset will just smash or cut the wire. And it means you need separate cutting blades.
At work we have two semi-automatic robotic strippers: one is a V-blade cutter. It uses a micrometer-like mechanism to set the wire size accurately, but I think it needs adjustment, because on thin wire with thin insulation (or insulation like Kapton, which has to be cut almost all the way through, since it won’t tear off the way PVC, rubber, or silicone will) it starts to scrape the conductor on one side. The other is a rotary stripper for micro-coaxial cable (but works for any wire under the maximum diameter). After programming the steps, it spins a pair of straight blades at high speed, slicing the insulation and shield. This produces THE best strips I’ve ever seen, since the insulation is cut evenly all the way around. (It gives 0.01mm resolution.) But it’s slower.
Anyhow, a set of precision v-cut blades should work well, provided you mount them in such a way that they are kept in alignment. (I don’t think the plastic mount shown in this video would be good enough). And to precisely control strip depth, what I’d do is to separate the blade movement from the depth adjustment. Every DIY robotic stripper I’ve seen so far relies on using stepper or servo motors to directly move the blades a certain amount. I could see there being variability in this, due to slop. At larger wire sizes it simply doesn’t matter, but with very thin wire, that slop becomes a huge issue. So instead, I’d use a precision mechanism to set a mechanical depth stop (similar to how many manual v-cut strippers use a screw to set the strip depth), a separate motor or solenoid to engage/disengage the depth stop so it can quickly switch between stripping and cutting, and then a “sloppy” motor to close the blades. That way you can have a fast blade closing motor but still have reproducible depth precision. (This is basically how the v-cut stripper at work works.)
@@tookitogo This is lovely, so much good information. Yea I can see how a rotary stripper will work great, in the future this might be a project I re-visit to improve on and take on some of the points you mentioned! Good stuff! Remember to subscribe if you haven't already :)
Im about to build myself this machine , I would like to say you are Genius and I really pumped to build it , I check the mail everyday
Question : I want this machine to facilitate my car harness build that i do often, can the machine support longer wire cut ? Like im looking to cut 1066mm and 2387.6mm , does the machine is able to do it ? Display seem to be locked at 3 digits ? Can it be changed for centimeters or inches if needed ?
Thank again , is there any location where people share picture of the own build from you’re tutorial ? ❤
Thank you I appreciate that! Yes you can change the font size and how much each unit on the screen moves the wire. The variables you want to look into are "TEXT_SIZE" and "WIRE_MOVEMENT_MULTI ". Let me know if you have any other questions.
Hey bro thanks ur the man …
I am glad you liked the video!
Can you design same setup modified for creating STRING ART also called as thread art
Thanks
No worries!
How can I keep change the code from cutting the wire? Essentially I just need the wire to be stripped but since the wire is already part of a compressor connector I dont want to cut the wire off. Ideally I would want the wire to be stripped and then reeled back by the extruder? Can 10 AWG wire fit through the extruder?
good night friend I come here to take a doubt, I bought the components and assembled the circuit on the breadboard but when I start the engine turns for a few seconds and then you could tell me what could be causing this problem? I would be very grateful for your answer and your help, the project is fantastic and if possible I would like to show you the finished project!!
Thank you, I would love to see your finished project! It will be hard to help you here in the TH-cam comments, I would suggest going to the project repository and start an issue there, with as much detail as possible about your problem. This way anyone who has the same problem can easily see it in the future.
it's ok my friend, thanks for answering me I went through your page and made a comment and thank you very much again for the answer, solving this problem will help me a lot
excellent project, a question what type of screws did you use for the project?
Thanks! I used M3 and M4 bolts.
Awesome project, just finished printing the parts! I couldn't find reference to how many or what size heat-insert threads you used. guidance?@@ProjectsWithRed
did you use any sensor for this project? futhermore, can we use other component for the wire feeding? I'm trying to build one with some additions.
No sensors were used. You can use another component for the wire feeding, it just needs to have high accuracy to control the length of the wire, unless you use a different method.
This is amazing, whered you get the blades?
The blades link can be found in the repository that is linked in the description.
Great Project, but from where do I get the V-Cuutting Blades? Greetz from Germany
Thank you! In the description you will find a link to the project repository, over there under the components section, you will find a link to the exact v-blades used.
ok total newb here. this demo looked so handy I decided to build this. I'm having issues in the .ide - Compilation error: redefinition of 'const int LINMOT_STEPPERS_STEP_PIN'- .. (using the included code)-can someone not only assist on corrections but also assist on why its causing the issue? (one or both would be great!) i have no issue correcting it but i thought you could name the varible what ever you wanted?)
That error means that you are defining the same variable again using the same name.
Hi don't you think 2 Z motor for the blade cutting are an overkkill? maybe it can be redisigned to only use one motor not much force is needed to strip and cut right?
I initially tried it with just 1 stepper motor, but it was not enough force and was not stable. Once I used two stepper motors, it went through the wires without any issues, much more stable to maintain linear motion and made clean cuts.
how to control the extruder speed according to Z Axis G-CODE values of 2.5D relief (designed in ARTCAM)in positive relationship,please????????
Hi,
This project is great. Can it be retrofitted with a touch screen ?
What range on wires can be used with this device I.e 10 -30 awg?
@@vireshnatha850 Yes you can adapt the code to work with a touch screen. I tested the machine for 18-24AWG.
Hi,
Can you please make a recommendation as to which nema 17 stepper motor I can get from AliExpress as I can’t seem to find the one that you provided in your links
@@vireshnatha850 Any Nema 17 stepper motor with similar specs will do the job 👍.
please can you add a tool for crimping the cables
Good night my friend, my name is Guilherme and I was delighted by the project, I am recreating it and I have a doubt about the C++ code. Is this code complete or is there something else? I would be very grateful for your answer and help my friend.
Hello! I am glad you like the project. Yes the code is complete and fully functional, I suggest just going through it and reading all the comments to understand how it works and how to use it. It has been tested by mulitple people who have re-created this project 👍🏼.
Can u help me if I want to do the same project but with a touch screen?
because I need the same idea but with a touch screen I think the programming will be deferent
Hi, Can you please share the website links of the components you purchased for this project? Thanks.
Hello, the links are not added to the repository! Check the description for the repo link and scroll down to the Components sections 👍🏼.
Thanks for the reply. The drawing of the board is uncomplete. How long and wide is it?
The board is 28cm long and 20cm wide. I have added it to the board drawing 👍🏼.
Great idea and thanks for sharing the files! However, after printing the .stl files I notice that none of my NEMA 17 motors fit the enclosures, they're always too small, any ideas/tips?
Maybe you can try adding some blu tack to fill in the gaps.
@@ProjectsWithRed Oh, I meant the enclosures are too small for the NEMA 17 motors...
Idk if this ides would even work, but what if you had it so it already strips the wire. Like it pushes the wire the length for it to be stripped, the blades come down, and the it pulls the wire back to take the shielding off, blades come up and then it does the rest of the process. Granted it wouod only work for one side now that I think about it lol
Yes that will work and its a great idea! Since this will only work on one side, to overcome this, someone suggested to first strip the total stripping lengths of both sides, move it, and then end push the insulation for the first stripping length then cut it. However, this will have a limit on the wire length as it won't be able to push a very long piece of insulation. I really like the fact that you are suggesting ideas! This is what I want this community to be built on! Good to have you here.
Red same principle can u modify a cutter for heat shring tube cutter
The same setup could work for very thin heat shrink tubing, but for larger ones it will not work because it will not fit through the wire feeder or the blades gap. So you will have to find a different way to move the heat shrink tubing and use different blades that have bigger gap.
Any suggestion? My esp32 does not have gpio0. In your diagram that is where the rotary encoder is placed. How would I fix this issue?
You can use any available GPIO pin your ESP32, just remember to change the pin number in the code, it will be the "ENCODER_DT_PIN" variable.
Great idea! do you have schematic for this setup instead of photo? Thanks
Thanks! Yes, check the link in the description 👍🏼.
@@ProjectsWithRed I only see wiring diagram instead of schematic. I can't see the pinout on the A4988 drivers. Thanks
@@andyvo614 I did not make an electronic schematic. However, for the A4988 pinout, all you need to know is the orientation, which I have marked using the screw on the right on the component.
@@ProjectsWithRed Yeah! I see the orientation now, will share with you schematic. Thanks for your help 😎
@@andyvo614 Good stuff 👍🏼
Hi , maybe some one can make video or make a simple instruction about woie conection without arduno testin conection board ??? Becos I am new in projects and I need litle help how to conect all wire without artuino test board :) becos I cant understand how to conect wires .
how do u mesure teh wire size????
Hey would I need to get a larger extruder if my wire is 3mm thick?
The extruder should be fine, but you will need larger blades.
I made several experiments with similar project. Unfortunatelly, I can't get the exact length of all cuts. I can't find the core of this issue. Accorging to length measurement at 6:44, I can see that this 50 mm wires differ for more than 1 mm (top wire longer), this seems to be unacceptable for me. I tried the ender-like extruder (as in your video) and designed another one by myself (with 40 mm gear), and with both extruders there is about 1 - 1.5 mm difference on 135 mm wires. Have you got a chance to find the core of this problem?
You can possibly try lowering the step sizes for the stepper motor, use the most steps as possible for better consistency. Also consider tightening the extruder towards the wire more for a better grip.
great project , if it can do longer wires than 999mm i am going to build it
The length of the wire shouldn't be an issue, provided you have long enough spool to hold that length. What matters the most is the thickness of the wire, which I have tested to work to up to 18AWG.
the wire comes on 100m spools, i am going to use the original spool
looks like the digit for length is 3 chars long , or does it change font size when you enter 1234mm
@@johnmerkelbach This can easily be changed in the code by changing the font size, as I did not anticipate the need to make cuts longer than 999mm haha.
Hi, why have you used an ESP32 instead of , for example, an Arduino Nano? thanks
The ESP32 costs a lot less and provides more functionality 👍🏼
@@ProjectsWithRed thanks
hi can u tell me whats the name of the tweezers of the old way? where can i find them?
the ones you used to strip the wire
Hello, I don't know the actual name of the tool, but here is a link to the exact one I have amzn.eu/d/52fHT7l.
Where Can I found this blades?
Please check the link to the repository of the project in the video description, where you will find a link to all the components used, including the blade.
Where did you get the blades?
A link to the exact blades used can be found in the repository linked in the video description 👍🏼.
Really struggling with this, have built it and uploaded the sketch but its not working. Screen doesn't turn on and the linear motors turn slowly when you hold reset on the ESP32 WROOM 32. The output voltage is set at 5 volts
I need more information to be able to help you. I would recommend starting an issue in the GitHub repository like a few others have done so everyone can see the problem and solutions to everything 👍🏼.
@@ProjectsWithRed Thank you, I have added more information
What is board thickness?
18mm
How could i get it in INDIA
May i ask for the circuit and coding?
It's in the video description 👍.
How much it's cost to despatch in India.Do you have any dealer in India
What do you mean by this exactly?
I would buy one please
Please email if interested
Next video Please explain esp32
I don't have knowledge for esp32.
Unfortunately I won't be explaining the specifics of a micro-controller in this channel, however, I am sure you will find plenty of ESP32 tutorials out there if you search around.
That's very good to hear! Thank you. When I get a chance to create such video, I will make an ESP32 tutorial at some point. However, do please look around more, there are some ESP32 tutorials that are good out there.
I want one how much does it cost
In the video description, there is a link to the GitHub repository where you will find links to each component, from there you can get the price for all the components 👍🏼.
Can ssd1306 OLED also work?
@projectsWithRed I can't see anything on the OLED screen. I Know The OLED is working because I tried with buildin examples and its works. please advice
@@bdelad1 Which OLED screen did you end up using? I also suggest starting an issue in the repository.
Ssd1306, now i can see on the screen. But now there is another thing, if i disconnect esp32 from data cable and try to connect with power supply its not working. Seems like the esp32 dosent save/burn the code..
Please advice..
Thanks!
unable to download stl files.
Hi dude, i'm trying to copy your project but i have some issues with the code. Could you help me please?
Yes of course. What do you need help with?
@@ProjectsWithRed i think i have connected everything correctly. The display does not turn on.
In the Serial Monitor i read this before rebooting:
E (128) gpio: esp_ipc_call_blocking failed (0x103)
E (129) gpio: gpio_install_isr_service(449): GPIO isr service already installed
Guru Meditation Error: Core 0 panic'ed (LoadProhibited). Exception was unhandled.
@@xxroyalxxfraxx5114 "I "think" I have connected everything correctly" this does not sound good haha :). I will need to see your wiring to confirm.
How much rate was
What do you mean
Sorry my speak english very bad
does it have arduino pro micro support
Arduino micro ile çalışma desteği varmi
No worries. Yes it should work with the Pro Micro. You can pretty much use any micro-controller, you just need to make slight changes to the code.
Omega 750 machine
Price???
About 110 for all the materials
Bro I am getting error in your code. Pls helpp😢😢😢🙏🏻🙏🏻
What error are you getting? If possible post an issue regarding this in the GitHub repository 👍🏼.
@@ProjectsWithRed bro I had posted the issue of code check plss