[sdiy] Which Coax for modular patch cables?

[Harry Bissell Jr]

I unbraid the shield and then twist it into
three pigtails.  I solder two of them right
near the insulation, then cut them off...
run the remaining one to the crimp pin. This
keeps all the wires in the shield from fraying
or straying... (zap)

H^) harry


--- Roman <modular at go2.pl> wrote:

>    
> 
> 	nice idea with the hole! 
> 
> 	So maybe someone knows a decent way of terminating
> braided shield into crimping terminal also? 
> 
> 	It's so thick it won't fit into 22AWG terminals I'm
> using. I simply cut most of the shield and leave
> just enough wires for crimping, but it seems (and
> looks) very unproffesional. 
> 	Roman 
> ---- Wiadomo¶æ Oryginalna ----
> Od: John L Marshall 
> Do: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl, James Patchell 
> Data: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 18:20:54 -0700
> Temat: Re: [sdiy] Which Coax for modular patch
> cables?
> 
>    Jim,   The trick is to spread a little hole in
> the shield close to the jacket then fish the center
> conductor and and shield through the hole. The
> shield braid will be intact and then easy to solder.
> With a little practice goes pretty fast and is
> clean.   Take care,
> John   Pacific Northwest Synth Meeting September 25,
> 2004 
>  ----- Original Message -----  From: James Patchell 
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl  Sent: Saturday,
> September 18, 2004 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [sdiy] Which
> Coax for modular patch cables? 
> For the 1/4 inch patch cords I made, I used
> microphone cable...but that is too thick for what
> you need...  HOWEVER...some words of wisdom...
> 
> I purchased 100 feet of cable at two different times
> (from the one and only local electronics store). 
> The first 100 feet had braided shield...it takes a
> considerable amount of time to unbraid this...the
> second 100 feed had a spiral wrapped shield...very
> easy to unwind, made fabrication of the cables a lot
> quicker...so, before you buy, get a sample and check
> it out...
> At 09:42 AM 9/18/2004 -0400, doof wrote:
> Hello all,
> I'm building up a modular system and I want to make
> my own patch cables.  The system is primarily of the
> mini-plug variety.  Can anyone give me a
> recommendation on a good brand/model of coax to use
> for this purpose?  Primarily it needs to be thin and
> flexible.  Belden have something like that?
> Thanks!
> 	        -Jim
>
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