The Hottest New Side Hustle Is Stripping Copper Wire and Posting About It

By Caroline Haskins · Wired · Monday, 26 October 2026 at 11:00 (2h ago) · Original article ↗

Copper prices are at record highs, but for TikTok creators, the real money may be in teaching others how to strip wire—and selling them the tools to do it.

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