Thanks for the compliment. I didn't do much but compile a bunch of posts by others. I am glad that my work is useful.
I like the wire stripper idea also. I spent a bunch of time with a cutoff wheel grinding out a precise slot in a piece of 1/8" steel to use as a compression tool, and it worked, but when I read Blue Avenger's idea and saw his photo, I had a "Duh! Why didn't I think of that?" moment. I was so set on fabricating a tool that I didn't realize that I had something that would work already in my toolbox.

Now,