Modular blade cartridge for a cable stripping tool and a stripping tool utilizing a modular blade cartridge

A method of using a cable stripping tool to prepare a coaxial cable for insertion into a coaxial cable connector, wherein the stripping tool includes a receptacle for receiving a cartridge holding at least one cutting blade, the method comprising:

• creating relative movement between the cartridge and the receptacle to enlarge an opening to receive an end of the coaxial cable;
• inserting the end of the coaxial cable into the opening;
• permitting a biasing member to urge the cartridge toward the end of the coaxial cable and a first stop surface of the receptacle disposed on an opposite side of the opening relative to the cartridge such that a blade edge of the at least one blade engages the end of the coaxial cable in a direction orthogonal to an elongate axis of the end of the coaxial cable;
• and
• rotating the tool relative to end of the coaxial cable until a stop surface of the cartridge abuts the first stop surface of the receptacle.

A cartridge for use with a cable stripping tool for preparing a coaxial cable for insertion into a coaxial cable connector, the cartridge comprising:

• a mounting body;
• a first blade fixedly mounted to the mounting body, the first blade having a first blade edge adjacent a first surface of the cartridge;
• a second blade fixedly mounted to the mounting body, the second blade having a second blade edge adjacent the first surface of the cartridge, the first blade edge and the second blade edge being spaced apart by a first predetermined distance along an axis orthogonal to the first blade edge and the second blade edge, the first blade and the second blade being configured to provide different cutting depths in a direction orthogonal to the first blade edge and the second blade edge;
• and
• a stop member fixedly mounted to the mounting body, the stop member having a stop surface spaced a second predetermined distance from the first blade edge and the second blade edge.