I found a way to strip very stretchy silicone insulation from very small wires on brushless motors for a micro quadcopter.  Forgive the blurriness and the shaking (had just finished a pot of coffee).  It's also a bit long, but I think you'll get the idea in the first 2 or 3 minutes of the video.

Nice tip! 
I had this issue with the wire I used for my LEDs. Ended up with an inconvenient splice because of it.
Im coincidentally rebuilding it now due to a hard crash and planned on reworking the LED wires anyways. Perfect timing

My wire strippers only go down to 26AWG, but they rarely give me any trouble stripping 30AWG silicone insulated wire at the 26AWG position as long as I close the jaws smartly and pull quickly.



What I really need is a second pair that go down to 32AWG.

I'm glad you weren't recommending the 'craft knife method'! Cutting insulation with a craft knife will inevitably damage the wire and increase the chances of the wire breaking at the point where it has been nicked.

I'll be finding out if my strippers can manage the 1103 motor wires very soon as I'm just about to start a build with these unbelievably small motors myself.

Cool tip, I'll need to keep that in mind! I've struggled with those kinds of wires in the past.

(27-Apr-2017, 05:49 PM)unseen Wrote: I'll be finding out if my strippers can manage the 1103 motor wires very soon as I'm just about to start a build with these unbelievably small motors myself.

Yeah, I never had trouble with my strippers before either.  These are the first motors that I've had that trouble with - love the insulation, but man - what bears!  +1 on the 32 gauge strippers (I may order some) - I just didn't want to wait

(27-Apr-2017, 06:21 PM)sloscotty Wrote: Yeah, I never had trouble with my strippers before either.  These are the first motors that I've had that trouble with - love the insulation, but man - what bears!  +1 on the 32 gauge strippers (I may order some) - I just didn't want to wait

I have to find out if such a thing exists first, but if I find some, I'll let you know!

The ones I have are nearly 35 years old and I wouldn't be parted from them.

(27-Apr-2017, 06:29 PM)unseen Wrote: I have to find out if such a thing exists first, but if I find some, I'll let you know!

I found a couple (for future reference):

http://www.alliedelec.com/jonard-st-450/70176519/  (26-36 AWG)

http://www.jensentools.com/ideal-45-125-.../p/118-571  (22-32 AWG)

eBay was my friend as usual. I went back to the same vendor who I bought my Japanese Engineer PA-09 crimp tool from and found these:



Having been so impressed by the quality of Engineer hand tools, the "Buy it now" button was swiftly pressed!