Manually-operated wire stripper

A manually-operated wire stripper comprising:

• a base plate;
• a first mounting plate;
• a second mounting plate;
• a first rod;
• a second rod;
• a leveraging handle;
• a cutting assembly;
• a plurality of wire slots;
• an elongated cutting slot;
• the cutting assembly comprising a carriage and a blade;
• the first mounting plate being perpendicularly mounted to a first end of the base plate;
• the second mounting plate being perpendicularly mounted to a second end of the base plate, opposite to the first mounting plate;
• the first rod being rotatably mounted through the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate;
• the leveraging handle being terminally and torsionally connected to the first rod;
• the second rod being mounted to the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate, adjacent to the first rod;
• the second rod being oriented parallel to the first rod;
• the blade being connected to the carriage;
• the carriage being mounted for longitudinal movement to the first rod;
• the carriage being slidably engaged along the second rod;
• the carriage comprising a carriage fastener;
• the first rod and the carriage fastener being threaded;
• the carriage fastener being helically engaged with the first rod;
• the plurality of wire slots traversing perpendicularly through the base plate;
• the plurality of wire slots being linearly distributed along the base plate;
• the elongated cutting slot traversing into the base plate and the plurality of wire slots;
• the elongated cutting slot being oriented parallel to the first rod and the second rod;
• the blade being slidably engaged into the elongated cutting slot;
• and
• the blade being centrally aligned with each of the plurality of wire slots.