Cable building?

**toecheese** · **05-16-06, 12:21 PM**

I finally got the projector mounted on the ceiling (http://farzanegan.org/ht/2006/05/no-ladder.html), but now need to run cables to it.

A buddy of mine recommended building my own cables instead of buying finished ones.

Has anyone done this?

**JCD** · **05-16-06, 02:55 PM**

I haven't -- however, I've come across this link that seems to detail the process pretty well.

JCD

**Phil M** · **05-16-06, 06:11 PM**

Thats a great link - I just need to learn to solder properly!

**JCD** · **05-16-06, 06:26 PM**

Quote:

Phil M wrote:

Thats a great link - I just need to learn to solder properly!

Your wish is my command -- Online Soldering Tutorial.

I found them to be pretty good. If it weren't for these videos, the SMD's would have never been soldered on my current project.

JCD

**Wayne A. Pflughaupt** · **05-16-06, 07:00 PM**

Quote:

Thats a great link - I just need to learn to solder properly!

Don’t feel bad – the guy who made the post does, too. That’s some really bad soldering!

Regards,
Wayne

**Phil M** · **05-17-06, 07:27 PM**

Thanks JCD - I no longer have any excuses to make my own interconnects.
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As a contribution I have made up power cables, the first link is the belden cable that some cable builders use for digital components and the second in analog components:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshow...53&rak=100-790

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshow...number=100-577

You can also get the Marinco hospital connectors/heat shrink/techflex from PE, to make a professional job. PE used to have a tutorial on how to make your own power cables but I couldn't find it - maybe they had issues with liability.
Anyway my cables are probably not as good as Shunyata but nowhere near as expensive! Guess I need a cryo chamber.

**Brian Bunge** · **05-22-06, 07:00 PM**

I've used these products in the past and they work quite well. Chris' site has inspired many of us to build our own cables.

http://www.bus.ucf.edu/cwhite/theater/diycable.htm

**toecheese** · **05-23-06, 12:06 AM**

Yeah, the secret seems to be a nice crimping tool- which makes them expensive!

Anyone in Raleigh, NC have one of these uber crimptools?

**overclockedpc** · **05-25-06, 04:34 AM**

You can always go to www.bluejeanscable.com and order the custom sizes you want. I personally have not ordered from there, but everyone seems to recommend them.

**toecheese** · **05-25-06, 07:13 AM**

They do look like a quality place, but between the cables and shipping, it's going to cost me $250 for two cables. Since I've done about everything else, figure I"ll end up building the cables too.

**Phil M** · **05-25-06, 03:58 PM**

It's also more fun!

**DMF** · **05-27-06, 03:20 PM**

I wouldn't try building anything with a high-density connector, like HDMI. Good way to go insane.

**toecheese** · **05-27-06, 04:22 PM**

I agree- I think my sanity will be intact just building component cables, though.

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