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[HiGHFLYiN9]

My AKGs get the Cardas treatment. AKG K501 gets a ten footer with a 1/4 and the K240S gets a 4 footer with a RA mini.

[VR6ofpain]

I have been making wires for about a year now (started with cheap-o small gauge stuff, and 'spare' monster cable RCA connectors I picked up for free from a family member who then worked in car audio). Through that time I moved on to better wire and nicer connectors, while adding 'glamour' (i.e. techflex) to them. Little did I know that this forum has tons of people doing the same thing, to much further degrees and for even longer periods of time.

Awesome forum.

This was my most recent creation

to hook up a small computer speaker set I scored off ebay. It used up the last of my Neutrik connectors (need to make another order from partsexpress) and took up most of the white techflex I have left. Since I recently picked up more wire from navships, I think I'm gonna make some new stuff with that multifilament nylon sleeving (very cool find guys, thanks!). I never even knew about cableorganizer.com, good stuff.

[VR6ofpain]

Originally Posted by RnB180

completed these just now

I really like how it almost appears that the white techflex is pulled tight/shrunk around the actual connector. i know it isn't, and that is just the nickle base...but still, very cool!

[RnB180]

Just for clarification

the connectors are actually silver not nickel with teflon molding around the pins, two leads per terminal with silver bearing solder. the sleeving if I recall correctly, had 1/8" run, and another 1/4" run, with white and clear flex.

Thanks for the compliment.

[VR6ofpain]

Originally Posted by RnB180

Just for clarification

the connectors are actually silver not nickel with teflon molding around the pins, two leads per terminal with silver bearing solder. the sleeving if I recall correctly, had 1/8" run, and another 1/4" run, with white and clear flex.

Thanks for the compliment.

Ok. You forgot to correct my spelling though! I spelled it 'nickle'!

...on page 35 so far (just discovered this thread today and the forum yesterday!)...

Criticize me if you want, but I use my gas stove at very low heat with my wiring at least a foot above the burner as my 'heat gun'. Works great. I was also a casualty of the "butane lighter on white shrink tube" situation. Got brown spots on it, so I put a second layer of shrink tubing over it, and was extra careful. I used up what I had left on random stuff I didn't care about, because I dislike it now. I mean it gets dirty just from sitting around. Not my style.

The only disappointing aspect of this forum is realizing that the cables I have made that I once thought were unique, are all too common. I have cables I have made that others have made almost exactly. I mean that last cable I made looks like RnB180's 'mini sky blue', but just a little thicker and without the blue wire. It is a actually two 'tri-braid' runs (one per channel) of brown colored silver coated copper teflon wire somewhat twisted together. Still the similarities are scary. I guess it is simply a matter of source materials. There are only so many different connectors and colors of flex tubing. Who cares though, it is too much fun.

[VR6ofpain]

Originally Posted by ronstah

wow! Green/yellow and black. Never would have thought it would look so sweet. Like a Kawasaki Ninja from the 80's!

[palchiu]

Originally Posted by HiGHFLYiN9

My AKGs get the Cardas treatment. AKG K501 gets a ten footer with a 1/4 and the K240S gets a 4 footer with a RA mini.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/highflyin9/AKGCardas2.jpg[/IMG]
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v213/highflyin9/AKGCardas.jpg[/IMG]

I like them, work of arts by HiGHFLYiN9

I feel my mod. k340 bring more clean sounds, no big changing.

[philodox]

Originally Posted by palchiu

I feel my mod. k340 bring more clean sounds, no big changing.

What all did you do? Just a simple recable, or did you bypass the circuit board for the dynamic drivers? Is the cotton still in there or did you remove it?

[RnB180]

EDIT: ammended with headfier.

regarding to the use of open fire is very detrimental to the connector

1. you have no heat control
2. the neutriks are heat sensitive low temp connectors
3. you will melt the plastic ring seperating he tip and ring on the pole.
4. singe, uneven heat and unproportional shrink ratio
5. if you are using the stock ground sleeve, fire will melt it inside the barrel as it heats up.

I personally use a dual heat Ungar 1095 heat gun. Its been good to me so far, I like it.

[VR6ofpain]

Originally Posted by RnB180

regarding to the use of open fire is very detrimental to the connector

1. you have no heat control
2. the neutriks are heat sensitive low temp connectors
3. you will melt the plastic ring seperating he tip and ring on the pole.
4. singe, uneven heat and unproportional shrink ratio
5. if you are using the stock ground sleeve, fire will melt it inside the barrel as it heats up.

I personally use a dual heat Ungar 1095 heat gun. Its been good to me so far, I like it.

1- Well I do, it is called the heat control on the stove, combined with the height I hold it from the stove, on low heat I can hold my hand over the stove at a higher height (~18" or so) without needing to move it, so it isn't 'too hot'.

3, 4, & 5- Hasn't happened yet, nor has it been a problem.

My stove is free of cost (only the gas itself costs money ), and it heats up immediately (gas). Also, it makes a large 'area' of heat, which shrinks the tubing over the entire area at once.