[Gingerbread Man]

Hi. I'm about to delve into the world of making my own interconnects - First off I'm going to try both solid and stranded core Cat6 network cables, but I'd also like to try other coaxial cables and possibly even braids. The problem is, I don't know any sources here in the UK to buy decent wire to use at sane prices. Does any one have any wire recommendations and sources to buy it from?

 

[akione]

Hi GM,

I've made several IC's using twisted pairs of silver wire from Welcome to wires.co.uk

 

[Gingerbread Man]

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Originally Posted by akione /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hi GM, I've made several IC's using twisted pairs of silver wire from Welcome to wires.co.uk

Those look to be uninsulated - would standard heatshrink be okay to insulste it?

 

[spookygonk]

Whould this be of use?

edit it looks far too thick.

 

[akione]

Hi GM,

Yes, I've just used 1.5mm 3:1 heatshrink and then twisted them together and then added another heatshrink layer on top.
I've only needed short IC's till now and they've been great.
I really like one I did with gold-plated, high purity silver wire.
..... I've also made them from cheap, pvc, stranded hook-up wire twisted together

Others use Cat5 ......

For short lengths, twisted pairs are fine.

 

[robbmcaulay]

I recently got 100' of cable from Navships on ebay, his store can be found here:

eBay My World - navships

He'll post any amount of wire to the UK for $11, it only took 6 days to reach me.