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Starting to DIY cables...just short of techflex, is there any other sources for the cable braiding...similar to to the audioquest cables with their cloth exterior jacket..
Cable Jacket Braid - Any sources for cloth braid ?
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Good question. All I've ever seen is Techflex.
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You might want to ask at Sundial wire which makes all sorts of cloth-covered reproduction wire.
I've also used shoelaces for replicating cloth-covered headwires on old fans. If you get the wider shoelaces, you can snip the ends off and they (usually) open up and will let you pass a wire through.
I've also used shoelaces for replicating cloth-covered headwires on old fans. If you get the wider shoelaces, you can snip the ends off and they (usually) open up and will let you pass a wire through.
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Nylon Multi-filament?
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What do you want?
I can have pretty much whatever you want made custom through my braiders for a $30 setup and $0.30 a foot.
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I can have pretty much whatever you want made custom through my braiders for a $30 setup and $0.30 a foot.
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Interesting Koyaan.
Group Buy anyone ? I'd be interested in a size good enough for 4S11 cable as well as good ole RG6
Group Buy anyone ? I'd be interested in a size good enough for 4S11 cable as well as good ole RG6
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I've seen shoestring used before.
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Actually, if it's intended to be put over an already jacketed cable, the best way to do it is to braid directly over the cable than to try and shirr the "shoelace" over top of it.
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| Originally Posted by chefwong /img/forum/go_quote.gif Interesting Koyaan. Group Buy anyone ? I'd be interested in a size good enough for 4S11 cable as well as good ole RG6 |
Actually, if it's intended to be put over an already jacketed cable, the best way to do it is to braid directly over the cable than to try and shirr the "shoelace" over top of it.
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Here's a link to the natural unbleached cotton sleeving I use on my own DIY cables : ALL sizes
Reference Audio Mods
Just type in the words "cotton sleeves" in their search box.
The 2mm is what you want to insulate individual conductors for interconnects. I twist mine tightly together in one of my several configurations of cable construction, and have NEVER had a short through the cotton !
Told you guys, I've been building my own for 15+ years ... Cheers !
Reference Audio Mods
Just type in the words "cotton sleeves" in their search box.
The 2mm is what you want to insulate individual conductors for interconnects. I twist mine tightly together in one of my several configurations of cable construction, and have NEVER had a short through the cotton !
Told you guys, I've been building my own for 15+ years ... Cheers !
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Yeah, they offer a good selection of sizes.
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Yeah, as long as you don't spill your beer on it.
By the way, if anyone wants any 2mm cotton braid, I have a fair amount that's left over from a past project.
It uses 32 strands of high quality American made tex 30 cotton thread from American & Efird in a 16 x 2 braid (i.e. 16 bobbins wound with two threads each).
I have it in solid red as well as unbleached natural cotton with four different tracer colors (red, dark brown, yellow and orange).
I'll let it go for 25 cents a foot plus postage.
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| Originally Posted by downsize /img/forum/go_quote.gif Here's a link to the natural unbleached cotton sleeving I use on my own DIY cables : ALL sizes
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Yeah, they offer a good selection of sizes.
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| The 2mm is what you want to insulate individual conductors for interconnects. I twist mine tightly together in one of my several configurations of cable construction, and have NEVER had a short through the cotton ! |
Yeah, as long as you don't spill your beer on it.
By the way, if anyone wants any 2mm cotton braid, I have a fair amount that's left over from a past project.
It uses 32 strands of high quality American made tex 30 cotton thread from American & Efird in a 16 x 2 braid (i.e. 16 bobbins wound with two threads each).
I have it in solid red as well as unbleached natural cotton with four different tracer colors (red, dark brown, yellow and orange).
I'll let it go for 25 cents a foot plus postage.
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That's a great deal ! DIY guys should jump all over this !
| Originally Posted by Koyaan I. Sqatsi /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yeah, they offer a good selection of sizes. Yeah, as long as you don't spill your beer on it.
By the way, if anyone wants any 2mm cotton braid, I have a fair amount that's left over from a past project. It uses 32 strands of high quality American made tex 30 cotton thread from American & Efird in a 16 x 2 braid (i.e. 16 bobbins wound with two threads each). I have it in solid red as well as unbleached natural cotton with four different tracer colors (red, dark brown, yellow and orange). I'll let it go for 25 cents a foot plus postage.
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That's a great deal ! DIY guys should jump all over this !
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