I bought this machine as I was accumulating a bit of cable from my job and stripping it by hand, as you can imagine it started to build up faster than I was stripping it. At the price I paid I wasn't holding a lot of hope for it if I'm honest.....I was wrong, this thing is amazing if you are, like me, a part time scrap collector. A lot less messy than stripping with a knife too. Fully recommended!.....although, a spare blade or 2 would be a good addition.