Cable Sleeving Guide

[neonblingbling]

Hi,

Some people here know me from the forum Hardwareluxx
I'm from Germany and wanted to introduce myself briefly with a picture, I hope you enjoy it

Haha, cute. What other sleeve-animals do you specialize in?

[shawnoen]

Any possibility to make a bit darker red aka "blood red"? Or maybe get regular red and dye it?

[RADCOM]

get the mdpc-x removal tool! its made my life so much easier lol

I have broken 3 different types of pin removal tool so far including the mdpc one, the frozen cpu one and the standard round el cheapo one Staples are too small for my chubby fingers too lol.

I did that with my modular HX620, although it's not a full modular PSU.
One more thing I noticed, I can't recall which PSU I was looking at, but the wire gauge don't seem to be the same for all wires, some are 18 AWG, some 20 AWG, some 22 AWG even

Yes I noticed that the pci-e wires are a thicker guage.

Shazza I'm posting my psu to you right now

[CptDreadFlint]

Package came today with aquamarine. But really wanted a darker blue.
Dog Damn it. Missed the grand bleu, Nils!

Expect another order from me.

Absolutely gorgeous, Nils

[scor12]

Haha, cute. What other sleeve-animals do you specialize in?

Hahahahha so far only this one

[Goreg]

Can I have a giraffe?

[triggs75]

Can I have a scorpion!!!

[scor12]

Can I have a giraffe?

Can I have a scorpion!!!

Sorry to disappoint you.

But a Photo, you can have.

[fhantastic]

Great to see you here Benny^^

if you put the focus more to the shrink, it would be a very nice picture

[Equinediver]

This sleeve is a couple of feet long, off the fan controller on a Scythe Kazemaster.

[dualbrain]

Equinediver: Your shrink-man is precise

And here we go with the result of my project "lowest cost pin-remover replacement for the good old AC-Ryans and others" ... a story that includes a learning curve about: How stupid can companies be who specialize on metal-tubing-manufacturing and can't even keep their specs *ouch ouch ouch* - but it had a good end and this is the result

























Mission accomplished: Save-My-Wallet-Edition with maximum precision. Now I build a case ... or ... no ... better not after the adventure on such a "simple thing" like getting a tube made EXACT by spec. Instead of a week it took 2 months

[Equinediver]

Equinediver: Your shrink-man is precise

Many thanks Nils, your kind words brought a smile to his face

2 burning questions!!! Is your 'wallet saver' for sale and more importantly, is it more precise than the hit or miss sunbeam one?

[clone38]

My order for red braid has been shipped my Nils cant wait to get it as it look`s like the best ive seen so far,i have one question what is the best way to measure the braid for the cable are there any tricks of the trade .
Thanks.

[scor12]

Great to see you here Benny^^

if you put the focus more to the shrink, it would be a very nice picture

Thank you my friend

Maybe you like that here.

[dualbrain]

... what is the best way to measure the braid for the cable are there any tricks of the trade .
Thanks.

Put the sleeve onto the cable, stretch it there and mark where you need to cut (use a pen or similar that is visible on the sleeve). Then you pull off the sleeve so that the mark is hanging in the air (give it 5cm to where the cable starts so that you don't cut an expanded sleeve), cut, melt the end and put it back onto the cable.

Equine:

[clone38]

Put the sleeve onto the cable, stretch it there and mark where you need to cut (use a pen or similar that is visible on the sleeve). Then you pull off the sleeve so that the mark is hanging in the air (give it 5cm to where the cable starts so that you don't cut an expanded sleeve), cut, melt the end and put it back onto the cable.

Equine:

I thank you kind sir one free internet beer your way

[dualbrain]

I thank you kind sir one free internet beer your way

Now I'm drunk

[JaccoW]

I am curious Nils, who is the model for your sleeving lady?
She is Sexy.

[Cyril06]

Nice shots guys !

[dualbrain]

I am curious Nils, who is the model for your sleeving lady?
She is Sexy.

Oh thank you
She sits 5 foot steps away from me

[penny_wise]

Hi all. /wave

First post and first purchase. Just ordered some blue and grey sleeving from mdpc-x. I've been glued to this thread for a long time. Can't wait to see this stuff in person.

[neonblingbling]

Oh thank you
She sits 5 foot steps away from me

[mojododo]

Put the sleeve onto the cable, stretch it there and mark where you need to cut (use a pen or similar that is visible on the sleeve). Then you pull off the sleeve so that the mark is hanging in the air (give it 5cm to where the cable starts so that you don't cut an expanded sleeve), cut, melt the end and put it back onto the cable.

Equine:

Nils, stupid question really, but is there any other purpose then to help the heat shrink go on to melting the cut sleeve ends? i have done all mine just with cut ends but not melting them, seemed to work fine.
just thought id ask.

[Hsusy]

Excellent Guide!!!! I will be putting it to good use very shortly.

[Zorlac]

So I got my Seasonic X750 in the mail today and opened it up to begin planning my first PSU recable.

First thing I noticed is that some of the molex connectors are missing pins. For instance, the 24 pin connector that goes to the motherboard is missing pin 5. Whats up with that???? I started looking at pics in this thread of 24 pin connectors and it looks like some are the same and some are not. Is this like some sort of new standard???