Here’s an entire imgur gallery of what some of the fancy stripping lasers are capable of — we particularly like number 3. Anyway, if you do happen to have a laser cutter, it’s as simple as ...

The Fastback also has a spot for stripping electrical wire and an added gut hook, so you can cut string or open a bag of bird seed without ever having to unfold the knife and expose the blade.

but can you make it strip too?” As it turns out, yes you can. The key to making this automated wire cutter and stripper is [Mr Innovative]’s choice of tooling, and accepting a simple compromise.