[MC] realized he had forgotten about an order for 2000 cut ... final product took about $80 and 12 hours of his time to build. [MC’s] planned improvements include more accurate wire ...

but you should actually hold the wire firmly and push the strippers away from it. If you cannot cut through the wire ...

We’ve seen a fair number of automated wire cutting builds before ... The video below shows the build and the finished product in action.