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[Windshadow]

-Heatshrink goes on first.

this one gets gets me occasionally*

*Every

Gods

Damned

Time!

[img]http://emo.simonlockwood.net/wallbash.gif[/img]

I think anyone who has wished for heat shrink with about 10 times as much shrink, to get it past a bulky connector and still shrink tightly, can sympathize.
my fix as I get older is to reach for the self sealing silcone F4 tape
https://www.amazon.com/F4-Tape-Self-fus ... ds=f4+tape

[Xenocrates]

-Heatshrink goes on first.

this one gets gets me occasionally*

*Every

Gods

Damned

Time!

[img]http://emo.simonlockwood.net/wallbash.gif[/img]

I think anyone who has wished for heat shrink with about 10 times as much shrink, to get it past a bulky connector and still shrink tightly, can sympathize.
my fix as I get older is to reach for the self sealing silcone F4 tape
https://www.amazon.com/F4-Tape-Self-fus ... ds=f4+tape

I cheat. when I forget I do something like cut a length in half that's the right size, wrap it around, then slip a larger piece over that. Gives me a nice solid strain relief as well. Tape would be easier, but I have a pile of heat-shrink. I've also used florist's wire, clay, and a few other things (Like styrene tube cut, bent, and then glued back together) to build a connection up enough for heatshrink to go over it. Probably not the best idea to imitate those stunts.

But as far as the original posts. Very well done. Very neatly wired. Perhaps I shall try to clean my wiring up when I install the new Duet board. It won't be nearly as neat as yours though. And the blue stands out very well, while not being the rather tired black and red that many (Like me) chose.

[Eaglezsoar]

May I ask the best source for the blue covering you used on your wires?

[RandomFactor]

Main Frame Customs (in Los Angeles) has just about everything you'd need for custom cable management.
https://mainframecustom.com/product-cat ... -sleeving/

And Lutr0 from there has a youTube channel that will show you how to do any of it:
https://www.youtube.com/user/lutro0

ModDIY also has all the small parts you can think of, but they are based in china so you'll have a little longer wait.
http://www.moddiy.com/categories/Cable-Sleeving/

[geneb]

*clicks on mainframecustom.com link*

I think I just wet myself.



g.

[Windshadow]

I wonder if there would be market for a cable control kit of the stuff needed to do a nice job... I bet some folks would pay a premium if it was sold as an add on when they bought the printer kit. of course someone would have write the making your cable harness manual....

[Eaglezsoar]

*clicks on mainframecustom.com link*

I think I just wet myself.



g.

I hope you were wearing your depends!

[Eaglezsoar]

Main Frame Customs (in Los Angeles) has just about everything you'd need for custom cable management.
https://mainframecustom.com/product-cat ... -sleeving/

And Lutr0 from there has a youTube channel that will show you how to do any of it:
https://www.youtube.com/user/lutro0

ModDIY also has all the small parts you can think of, but they are based in china so you'll have a little longer wait.
http://www.moddiy.com/categories/Cable-Sleeving/

Thanks for the links, they are AWESOME!

[Windshadow]

Eagle try this one on for size
http://www.wired.com/2016/05/go-ahead-c ... e-happens/
when I was about 10 years old back in the1950s My godfather was a Ham radio guy and I learned all this stuff from him build ing my first crystal set.
a few years later when I decided on my degree program I went with Engineering physics rather than EE but it was a close choice...I sort of expected to be living on Mars by now ... or at least the Moon if we avoided the H-Bomb Armageddon ... a bet that i would have given good odds on back then.... and I ended up as a pilot and computer geek and never really used the degree... except for an amazing curiosity about everything that it reenforced in me.

be sure to read some of the comments for a good laugh (or wince)

[Eaglezsoar]

Eagle try this one on for size
http://www.wired.com/2016/05/go-ahead-c ... e-happens/
when I was about 10 years old back in the1950s My godfather was a Ham radio guy and I learned all this stuff from him build ing my first crystal set.
a few years later when I decided on my degree program I went with Engineering physics rather than EE but it was a close choice...I sort of expected to be living on Mars by now ... or at least the Moon if we avoided the H-Bomb Armageddon ... a bet that i would have given good odds on back then.... and I ended up as a pilot and computer geek and never really used the degree... except for an amazing curiosity about everything that it reenforced in me.

be sure to read some of the comments for a good laugh (or wince)

I loved reading that article, brought back some really dated schooling.
I did read the comments and some did leave me laughing, they were a hoot!
Thanks for sharing the link!