Posted by jam on March 29, 1999 at 10:48:15:
In Reply to: The fun of braiding.... posted by SFDude on March 26, 1999 at 11:29:28:
I have a bunch of CAT 5 to experiment with. I tried braiding and wasn't satisfied with the end look of the product, too difficult for me to get the cable even looking. I tried an alternative that I thought looked much better. I have no idea how this affects the sound.
I took twelve pairs with all the jackets removed. I tied off all twelve ends on a piece of wood with six inches of spacing in between each pair. I taped the other end of the pairs to a metal spindle. I put the metal spindle in a drill. I took out the slack and slowly turned on the drill twisting all twelve pairs neatly together. I had a few knots that I had to back up and get out, in the end I was able to create a neatly twisted cable that stayed together. I plan to add some heatshrink as the cable wants to knot if you move it around too much.
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