polymers fig3 displays the various layers of the cable in a cross sectional view to show their spatial relationship not in true scale before the cable is cut and stripped fig4 shows a cross sectional view of the cutter bar portions of a hand stripping tool of a type known in the art such as those described in u s pat nos 4 703 674 3 821 909 2 313 793 1 730 980 and 1 196 322 for example notches 12 of different sizes to match different cable diameters or cable core diameters are shown in cutter bars 9 and 10 the size of notch 12 is chosen such that it is slightly larger than the core 2 which will remain on the center conductor after stripping notches 12 are further notched 11 to accommodate the drain wire 4 so as to leave the drain wire uncut in the stripping process the tool shown in fig4 is shown having cut through layers 8 6 5 and 3 leaving the drain wire 4 and layer 2 of the insulation uncut after pushed off as a slug of material leaving the uncut layer 2 and the drain wire 4 intact other size notches in the tool could be selected to strip cables with different diameters of insulation 2 if after the first stripping has been done it is desired to strip insulation 2 to.