I’m watching these videos because I know that this is what I am going to be doing for the foreseeable future. I am coming into this trade just about as green as a person can be even though I am older and have been working since I was 12 years old. So I am nervous about how I will perform.
From there I moved on to videos on how to use some the tools I had to buy but had never used in the past. I am mechanically inclined and have used most hand tools and power tools out there. But I have never had an occasion to use something called an armored cable cutter, also known as a roto-zip MC stripper.
You use this tool to trim the aluminum from metal-clad (MC) electrical wire.
Trimming metal clad aluminum electrical wire with roto-zip stripper
Soon I will add a post about all the tools I needed to purchase.
[…] the first day I was able to get over some of my newbie jitters and get a rhythm going. What follows is what became my basic tool set at the end of the first week […]