Custom USB cables (whisker)

[whiskerBox]

Hey guys,

I have been making cables for a little while since I was having trouble getting those awesome wrapped ones on KBD / OTD. After some people expressed interest I started making some cables for people on GH. I figured it was time to show some of my work over here at DT so here are a couple pics of what I have been doing

[whiskerBox]

Also I get a lot of people asking why there is so much shrink wrap on the mini ends and the reason is because they are made to be flexible so that you don't need angled cords

[Trent]

These are very cool! Would you be able to do a USB <-> SDL cable? I've seen them for sale on eBay but I would LOVE To see something that is a bit more interesting/colorful. Either way I would be interested in them for my external HD.

Here is eBay link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-to-SDL-6-Pi ... 3f1635a475

Trent

[Acanthophis]

[threadcrapping]

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Hm, IMO, you've done great work sleeving them, but, no offense to you, the sleeves look awful.
Some are so bad they look like a garden fence.
Especially the last one, you can see the original cable just too good which is bad.

If you are looking for quality sleeves and shrinks, I can strongly recommend you a German guy called Nils. He also ships internationally.
Not to forget his custom drawings for every delivery


Edit: I just saw he only opens his shop for internationals at certain times. So if you want to browse his shop you have to visit for Germany.

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[demik]

Hm, IMO, you've done great work sleeving them, but, no offense to you, the sleeves look awful.
Some are so bad they look like a garden fence.
Especially the last one, you can see the original cable just too good which is bad.

He used techflex to purposely show off the custom sleeving. That is not "the original cable".

[Acanthophis]

[threadcrapping]

Spoiler:

Had to google techflex only to find out this is an actual German brand I never heard of. But the word 'Kabelschutz' does mean something to me
Damn you google.de. Gave me the German site of techflex. Company is still american^^

If you say techflex you mean a big sleeve which bundles many cables? As in pic #2 bottom left?
Then no, thats not what I meant.

I meant the last pic. You can actually see the red coating under the blue sleeve.
And for me that's an awful sleeve.

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[whiskerBox]

Hm, IMO, you've done great work sleeving them, but, no offense to you, the sleeves look awful.
Some are so bad they look like a garden fence.
Especially the last one, you can see the original cable just too good which is bad.

He used techflex to purposely show off the custom sleeving. That is not "the original cable".

Yes demik is correct. I tend to use different colors and layers to create new colors and textures

The particular cable you think looks awful is actually a color shifting cable which makes it hard to take a pic of. There are actually two colors going on here which are both UV reactive (neon blue, neon red) which together give that purple / blue color that shifts.

Hopefully this picture will clarify:

[Acanthophis]

[threadcrapping]

Spoiler:

Ok.

So instead of taking a dense purple sleeve you mix a dense red and a **** (can't find the opposite of dense) blue cable and mix them?
Despite of the double material cost and double work, exactly what hidden advantages are there?


I hope you don't feel offended, I am just curious

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[whiskerBox]

Ok.

So instead of taking a dense purple sleeve you mix a dense red and a **** (can't find the opposite of dense) blue cable and mix them?
Despite of the double material cost and double work, exactly what hidden advantages are there?


I hope you don't feel offended, I am just curious

No your good

Basically it gives you kind of a shimmer effect and in this case kind of a color shifting effect. This allows for many different color combinations as well. Personally my favorite combination is paracord with techflex over it which gives great color combinations and texture.

It is double the work, but its the details that count in the end

[Acanthophis]

Ah, ok. Thanks for clarification.

[threadcrapping]

Spoiler:

I like clean dense sleves better, but thats just my taste. For me they have a more 'quality look'.
Nils (the German sleeve guy) had once a special sleeve offer.
This sleeve also shifted colour in relation to the viewing angle, so acutally the same effect as your double sleeve, but just with one sleeve. Sells them not anymore, though.

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[litster]

DeathAdder, no offense, you are threadcrapping. Really, no offense.

Why don't you include more links to other places where we can find all other custom-made USB cables, right here on WhiskerBox's thread where he talks about his own custom-made USB cables?

No offense, but you are threadcrapping.

[Input Nirvana]

I tried to go back and look at what Deathadder is talking about, but I don't get it? No matter.

In any case, I think these pics look great, pretty sharp what you can do with something that is so plain with some effort and creativity.

I'm thinking of a black cable with red ends/accents....

[whiskerBox]

"No Offense"



Haters gonna hate I guess

[captain]

Do you cut the cables to get the shoe laces on, and then re solder? I want to do this with a 6' right angle cable, and shrink it down to 1', plus pretty orange cover.

[Input Nirvana]

Whiskerbox is inspiring me to get a bold, one of a kind, detachable cable for my Kinesis....

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[Trent]

So, USB <-> SDL version? Can you make one?

If so you have a buyer (me)

[nanu]

Do you cut the cables to get the shoe laces on, and then re solder? I want to do this with a 6' right angle cable, and shrink it down to 1', plus pretty orange cover.

That's generally how these are made, to my understanding. If someone is willing to create the connector for least one end from untainted, more basic parts, that item could be considered higher quality—because of no break in the cord (and shielding). If you were to advertise that method, you'd probably get more business. But since (probably) no one does it that way, there's no need to advertise this method that would get less business because it's a fairly simple (but laborious) mod to do.

re: Threadcrapping
Obsessive modders tend to be elitists, nothing new.

EDIT: "this" -> "that"

[ripster]

My Filco camo wrapped cable is ultra stiff. Actually my favorite is my Topre USB cable. THICK. UGLY Manuf labeling. Big toroid. Bitches like thick toroids.

[mkeeley]

So who's adding this [threadcrapping] rubbish, is it the mods? If so then is this going to happen every time someone makes non complimentary comments? If so not a good way to go. Not saying I agree with him but basically censoring threads seems a bit childish.

[ripster]

It's the latest thing at Geekhack. Even when it's a classifieds and the OP is a mod.

I like OCN's silent mods better myself.

Personally I'm a fan of free form ThreadRapping. It's when it turns into ThreadRaping the mods should intervene.

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mkeeley, untill we hear otherwise from DA; assume he did it himself after lits' suggestion, all those posts were edited by him, at least according to phpBB.
on topic: I approve of the fake purple cable.

[Acanthophis]

So who's adding this [threadcrapping] rubbish, is it the mods?

Don't worry, it just was stupid me.

[ripster]

If it makes you feel any better I'm not a big Techflex fan either.

I'd concentrate on upgrading the connectors where it counts.

Neutrik is a bit overkill here.

http://www.focusattack.com/neutrik-naus ... ugh-black/

[Ovoxo]

The last purple cable looks amazing. >.< Now I want one!

Keep up the amazing work!

[002]

They look great whiskerBox.
My only concern would be the durability of the heat-shrink tubing (if that's what it is?). Probably a non-issue as a keyboard cable doesn't generally get moved around much.

[AvenZerg]

where can i purchase one of those cables?

[cactux]

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