I've been a long-time tinkerer, and thankfully I can put those skills to good use! I've made my first cable with hardware I've recently purchased, and I must say I think the result turned out rather nicely.
The cable itself is for my Q701 and was made with a Switchcraft mini-XLR jack, and a ViaBlue T6s jack, and braided from BTG Audio copper cabling.
I do feel I need to mention Brian Goto, who was beyond incredible to work with, always shipped faster than expected and responded to emails faster than any other vendor I've worked with. His ebay has been linked in this thread a couple times, but here's another link to his awesome wire: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251057990514#ht_500wt_1413