Braiding guide:
http://www.chimeralabs.com/diy_braid.html

there's flat braiding and round braiding. It think the guide is for round braid.

wow thanks i'll be trying that.....

do it slow and try not to rush.. coz from experience.. you wont want the braiding order to go wrong

I tried braiding CAT5 cable once and it's one heck of a job to do. Really time consuming and not to mention the blister on your fingers afterwards. Sound wise? I rather purchase a good factory cable. For the time and pain....braiding not worth the effort.

arremie,
I agree! But for the experience of it, why not!

haha yeah. a good way to experience blistered fingers

any tips for me?, i went trough my box of assorted cat5 and found some to be 'stiffer' and 'sofetr' and some looks cheap
busy this few days with work =( cut some up at the ends to check it out. did not make any yet, but i am hardcore DIYer so blisters are no obstacle to the 'fun factor' of homemade stuff =)
anyway are you supposed to braid it hard? is that how you get blisters? the guide said you just braid it loooseyl?

Bro, when wanna try 'Peanut Butter Jam'? I can send it to you

I braid a 3m with the pvc jacket on. Doesn't has to be really tight but must not be loose. A lot of guides over the net. I thought of making 3m pair but after the first one I was basically powerless to proceed haha

If you have time and patience, strip the outside PVC jacket and braid the inner 8 core so you can have something like Kimber 8TC cable when finished A friend of mine done a beautiful job but of course he also end up with blisters haha

Thanks bro but not now. Will let you know later. Now a bit busy with new toys haha

Almost everyone I know end up with blisters when braiding those Cat5 cables! Wear gloves?

googlin Kimber 8TC cable now =) thx =)

wouldn't it be better if straight use the whole cat5 without open and braid? O_o

This post has been edited by beggarmaster2000: Aug 19 2010, 09:59 PM

do you guys mean this?? i recable my crappy divoom xforce1(bought it for cheap and mimic to logitech which i cant afford),using some cat5e and braid together,sound wise improvement,none,as the amp is not decent enough and the details is not much,but i do feel the satellite is faster(dun ask me why,perhaps its not stock).....well,just enjoy DIY thats all,dun flame me though...

nice! goodjob! now... i feel more motivated to make!

Nice!! :0

Hi guys, any1 know any sellers in ly.net that sells canare f12, canare l4e6s, neutrik 3,5mm plugs and solid core silver cable ? Also techflex n heat shrink? I wanna buy some and ship them to Sabah. I went all around town last weekend can't even find decent neutrik plugs. They only have cheap plastic mini plugs :'(

I made this few years ago.
1 meter long headphone extension cable.
Canare Cable with 'NEUTRIK' jack..


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Guys, wanna ask smth,

Currently trying to make my decision in choosing a Mini to RCA cable, wonder which of the following would b a better choice?

1) Monster® iCable® for iPod® and iPhone priced at RM160
2) Wotiyo's 2Xcanare F-10 and F12 connector with canare 4E6S cable @ RM110?

id say the second one cuz its a custom cable.. thus much easier to fix in the future if the connection is lose (and its cheaper too )

depends wat sound u want.

if u want more original sound, i have frens supplying studio grade cable at very much cheaper than u stated.

what brand/model of cables u frens supply?