I would recommend a Molex 0638170000 autostripper. I use one all the time at work, and it is the only stripper that I have used that does not nick wires and does not immediately birdcage when you pull through the full stroke. I also like that you can set the depth of strip for consistent wiring harnesses.

A tip that I picked up when I was at JPL: The techs would assemble wiring harnesses on an optical breadboard or perfboard (for hanging tools on the wall). They would use pegs pushed into the perforations to set the locations of the bends and connectors. It made lacing the completed harnesses much easier, particularly if you're building a harness with multiple connectors and bends.

Nice project, I know at my day job we spent like $1500 on a machine that does just this (no stripping).  Is this guy easy to build with just 3d printed and OTS parts?  How do you set length / qty - hard coded?

Thanks Alex! The machines I was looking into for my company (They couldn't strip, they could only "Score" the wire) were coming in at around 5-8k. The prototype is built exclusively from OTS parts, the cutter is actually the cheap $5 ones available at Lowes/Home Depot. The main goal for me is to get the BOM cost under 300 for a full featured cutter, and under 500 for a cutter/stripper setup. 

Length/QTY is set through the serial terminal right now, it asks for length in MM and QTY before cutting. I would like to instead have a simple LCD interface so that it can be used without a tethered PC. 

Nice, this is cool and meets a common need.  We have one of these

http://www.automaticwirecutter.com/

It's a nice machine made by a small company w great support, but it is pricey.  We use it for wire and rubber tubing.  I like the idea of a hack version but never had the time to make one.  Are you open sourcing?

Beauty

Neat idea--looking forward to hearing about the products you're releasing in 2016. 

Any plans for a DIY automated crimp or IDC tool? 

Yes to both, this is just phase 1 of the process. The end goal is to have an automated wire cut and strip tool (Ability to set cut and strip length). 

Crimping might be a secondary machine.