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i wonder if i braided it right... =(

 

 

Anybody know of heatshrink that shrinks to a flat rectangular shape? Need some for a Stax cable, the sides have been cut a fair bit and the inside wires are showing, right now I have clear sticky tape carefully wrapped around and had no luck in trying to form regular circular heatshrink to a flat rectangular shape.

while it is still warm, you can usually press it flat (pliers, or books or something) until it cools.

 

I tried that on the first go but it made the process worse.

http://www.buyheatshrink.com/heatshrinktubing/3-1-flat-heat-shrink.htm

 

Here's white or yellow flat heat shrink. I'm sure there is more to be found.

The RCA is a Canare crimp on coax connector. You need to buy the pricy Canare crimper to do the job.

I love you man, here's hoping they ship to Australia. You deserve a 

That's more or less standard cylindrical shrinkwrap, precreased so that it won't kink up when going through a printer.

If you really need to wrap something that has to stay non-round, try splinting it with an appropriately sized piece of something more rigid? Or maybe dab some hot glue on either flat side to create a round profile for the wrap to shrink to? I don't have any good suggestions, sorry.

 

My 3 wire braid with switchcraft mini XLR + 3.5mm plug using Plussound copper wire and WBT Solder :)

http://en.mdpc-x.com/

 

You would be looking for the sata heatshrink. I'm not familiar with the stax cable, but the shrink can stretch enough to fit over a standard sata data cable.

 

They're only open at certain times, but the quality is top-notch.

that doesnt shrink in a square though...if you shrink it OVER something square, itll hold that shape, but it will shrink to a circle like the others

 

Yeah that's the impression I had too from looking at the pictures. The Stax cable is extremely thin and flexible so the heatshrink will go out of it's pre-flattened shape once heated.