Making Cable Sleeves

[marmiteonpizza]

I'm going to be starting my own cable sleeves project in the near future, and have decided to go for coreless paracord as the type of cord.

However, I've seen two ways of melting the cord onto the cable:

- Using a lighter to slightly melt the end of the cord directly onto the cable, whilst squashing it down repetitively

Or

- Applying rubber heatsink onto the area where intending to fuse the cable and cord, burning it slightly, then removing the rubber heatsink.

I've heard that the second method is better for PET cords, but which do you recommend for coreless paracord?
Also, any tips for the process in general? Would love some advice

 

[dorsetknob]

you know that you can buy heat shrinkable sleeving for making your own cables
its Mainly used in the Automotive Electrical industry

you shrink it with a heat gun/hair dryer

links
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Ele...ssories/sd2620/Heat+Shrink+Tubing+Pack/p11950
http://uk.farnell.com/sleeving-heat-shrink-kits
http://www.buyheatshrink.com/

 

[marmiteonpizza]

I thought all cords used for sleeves are shrinkable though, there's just different methods of shrinking.
This is the cord I'm thinking of getting - http://mainframecustom.com/shop/cable-sleeving/lc-coreless-paracord-black/

I just wanted to know which would be the wisest method, in terms of difficulty to a beginner like myself.

 

[manofthem]

I used heatshrink on the ends when I did my psu a while back with no experience at all, and it wasn't too bad difficulty wise, just time consuming. But the chord without the heatshrink look really nice. I don't know how to do it, but I would go that route myself if I did it again.

 

[marmiteonpizza]

The chord without the heatshrink look really nice. I don't know how to do it, but I would go that route myself if I did it again.

This is the video tutorial I watched based on the first (no heatshrink) method, can you give it a watch and see if it's a sensible tutorial to rely on? Start from 17 minutes, everything prior to that is about making extensions.

 

[manofthem]

This is the video tutorial I watched based on the first (no heatshrink) method, can you give it a watch and see if it's a sensible tutorial to rely on? Start from 17 minutes, everything prior to that is about making extensions.

Sure I can watch it but not til later this evening. I'll watch it when I get home and report back but that method without heatshrink looks very clean

 

[manofthem]

This is the video tutorial I watched based on the first (no heatshrink) method, can you give it a watch and see if it's a sensible tutorial to rely on? Start from 17 minutes, everything prior to that is about making extensions.

Just got home and had a chance to get into that video. i watched it from 17 minutes on and it seems like a very good tutorial! I would follow that the next time I do my own custom sleeving.

I think the way w/o heatshrink is better, and that vdeo looks to be a very good demo about how to do it.

 

[marmiteonpizza]

Boom! Cheers bud

I've got two projects I'm planning - watercooling and sleeving. I'm going to start with watercooling as it's the bigger of the two and also it'll eliminate a couple of fistfuls of cables.
But I need to buy a new case as my current one won't fit the kind of loop I want, and also a new PSU as my current one's 24-pin connector isn't modular.
That'll come to over £200 alone, and I'm also going to have to buy equipment for sleeving and watercooling...which isn't cheap!