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HD-600 cable Y split too stiff

post #1 of 4
12/10/11 at 11:46pm
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I just finished making an HD-600 cable for a friend today, however the parts after the Y split are very stiff. I think this is due to the heatshrink tubing.

 

Are all cables built this way (with heatshrink after the Y split) stiff? In photos it looks like cables like the Cardas fat pipe are more pliable. Is there a way to remedy this?

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post #2 of 4
12/11/11 at 5:50am

I just made a cable for my HDs.  Used heatshrink after the Y too.  Not stiff.  Perhaps it was the type of heatshrink or to much twist on the wires?  I used Blue Dragon cable.

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post #3 of 4
12/11/11 at 7:20am

some people use a nylon multi-filament soft wrapper, rather than heat shrink. It also depends on what wire you used. Stranded? Solid? what weight? How are they twisted/braided?

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post #4 of 4
12/11/11 at 10:29am
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The wire was plenty pliable before being having heatshrink on it. I used mogami 2534 and 2:1 1/4" heat shrink perhaps the heat shrink is too large to be pliable when it is shrunk that far?

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