[Paladin79]

Very nice Kingkick. You can probably get three or four of the beads from each piece I would think depending on size. I would not mind doing something like that myself but I do not have a lot of space. Out of curiosity, are there small wood turning lathes to be had that might be set up on say a four foot table? I have made my own chess boards but always wanted to turn and carve chess pieces as well. I have a homemade apparatus for cresting arrows but it does not have the speed for that kind of work.

I have a feeling you could sell the finished beads pretty easily if you ever desired to do so.

 

[kingkikapu]

I'll answer this here, but just realized I'm posting in the gallery thread, not the questions thread. We can take the rest of this conversation there paladin.

Regarding lathes, you can get small lathes like the following. Perfectly fine for pen turning (an awesome gift to give btw), or splitters and connector housings in this case. To do this kind of work takes a fair bit of investment: lathe, bradpoint drill bit/chuck if you plan to drill using the lathe, turning tools, abrasives, pen turning mandrel and bushings, and different kinds of finishes (CA glue is popular (probably the way I will go), tung oil, polishing compound, carbunara wax, etc). The results can be stunning if done right. Suggest you look at any youtube video on pen turning.

Part of me wants to try out a matching y splitter and connector housing for a 3.5mm jack. The biggest challenge would be to set the metal threads inside the jack as I don't think tapping wood threads would be up to the job.

 

[Paladin79]

I will try to get this conversation out of here as well. Thanks for the info. Make some nice beads and show them off, then you will be legal lol.

 

[Paladin79]

I got some samples out of Moscow of some pure cotton mesh, I hope to dye them and see what kind of wire covering they will make. They were kind enough to send me some short samples but for some reason I am having trouble locating those right now.

The samples are measured flat, I ordered two, three, and five mm and the two mm appears to be good for single wire, the 8 looks about the size of 550 paracord. I know Kingkick was asking about other materials earlier, this is not as fancy as silk but should be less microphonic than other materials.

 

[Letmebefrank]

Thanks to Tom @Paladin79 for helping me with some VU meters and custom RCA splitters today!

His setup for testing cable materials is pretty great. Didn't spend too long testing them out, but I couldn't tell them apart. Maybe some of the other folks he has coming in to test will provide better results.

These are just in a cardboard box for now. I'll make a wooden box soon.

 

[Paladin79]

Looks great Frank, hopefully the meter deflection adjusted all right for you.

I did locate some silk mesh as well. I cannot say much about it till I receive it and that could take a few weeks but at that time, I will have some samples of cotton four wire braids completed.

 

[JamieMcC]

Noticed a few posts back some talk of using lathes and pen blanks for splitters, I made my splitter on a small wood turning lathe using some resin and mica pigments using essentially the same technique as casting a pen blank. I have dabbled a bit with resin casting in the past. This one uses two colours red and black plus a dash of pearlescent mica this gives a depth and shimmer to the solid colours the pearl also gives the red an orange hint from certain angles.

My first full diy cable a simple affair to replace my perished hd800 cable.

 

[Paladin79]

You do excellent work!

 

[Whitigir]

Finally, I made my cables for the 800s/Wm1Z. I make cables for performances according to my experiences. This Cables was made to synergize very well with 800s and 1Z

 

[Paladin79]

Here is the early stage of dyeing some cotton mesh cardinal red or darker. I always found it best to do this sort of thing when my wife is out of town so i have adequate time to establish plausible deniability before she gets back. They said something about wearing rubber gloves but who has time to search for such things while being inspired to experiment?

 

[JamieMcC]

Looking forward to seeing how it turns out, what sort of dye are you using?

 

[Paladin79]

It is a Rit liquid dye.

https://www.amazon.com/Rit-Dye-Liqu...e=UTF8&qid=1523737914&sr=8-7&keywords=rit+dye

A lot of my cables are black and red so I am sticking to that some, but the variations of colors should be interesting if it works.

 

[Mellowship]

 

[VonBoedfeld]

My first DIY cables.

HAKUGEI 22AWG 7NOCC gold plated copper.
and
HAKUGEI Litz 7NOCC pure copper.

Gold plated copper cable is the best I've ever heard

Hi, could you describe the sound signature of the gold plated copper cable?

 

[Allanmarcus]

Hi, could you describe the sound signature of the gold plated copper cable?

Please read the first post of this thread.