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Aussie supplier for Nylon Braid sleeving and Heatshrinks

post #1 of 6
2/4/11 at 1:22am
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Hey, I'm after some Black Nylon Braid sleeving and heatshrinks for a DIY cable mod for a headphone I'm building from scratch (almost done just need the color), so far I've already got some Neutrik plugs and using a braided 2m Cat5e cable using 1 of each pair (2 pairs total using) for ground and rest for each channel, anyone (particularly Aussie users) here know a good supplier located in Australia or ships to Australia with decent value on the thread title mentioned? 

 

I've come across these guys http://cableorganizer.com/expandable-sleeving/, who do ship to Australia but can anyone help on by recommending the required size needed and other notes to be taken when buying braids/heatshrinks??

 

Any other mentioned help/tips will be appreciated....Thanks

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post #2 of 6
2/13/11 at 12:20am
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Anyone can help or not? Maybe I've posted this in the wrong section :S

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post #3 of 6
2/13/11 at 2:51am
Check out Ebay seller furryletters. He sells a lot of sleeving types so make sure you get the monofilament variant, not the stiff, loosely-braided one. He calls them by a different name but I forget what it is. Your best bet is to describe to him what you are looking for and he will accomodate you.

Cheers!
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post #4 of 6
2/13/11 at 11:39pm
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Originally Posted by Zorander View Post

Check out Ebay seller furryletters. He sells a lot of sleeving types so make sure you get the monofilament variant, not the stiff, loosely-braided one. He calls them by a different name but I forget what it is. Your best bet is to describe to him what you are looking for and he will accomodate you.

Cheers!


Spot on mate, exactly the stuff I was looking for and looks cheap to....one of the 1/8 diameter braids 25ft long which is heaps is $15 shipped to Aus. Unless I should be looking for the monofilament stuff your talking about?

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post #5 of 6
7/19/11 at 5:14am

Is the monofilament braided sleeving you mentioned from furryletters called Techflex?

 

I'm considering using 4 strands of 28 AWG silver stranded copper wire with Teflon insulation in a Litz braid connected to mini xlr's and a 1/4" TRS headphone plug.  Would 1/8" or 1/4" braided sleeving be best?

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post #6 of 6
7/19/11 at 8:59pm
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1/8 and yeah its called Techflex. I've been using 1/8 braids for a lot projects recently, that is using 4-6 stands of 24awg pure silver wire which gives plenty of room inside the 1/8 itself. Since your using 28awg wires you can do 8 strand and have no problem with sheathing the wires with the 1/8 braid because 28awg is much smaller then 24awg wires. 1/4 braids is too big for your current project, so yeah. Hope it turns out good for you.


Edited by DefQon - 7/19/11 at 9:08pm
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