Iconoclast

I think my custom cable sleeving job of bread bag tabs and masking tape look pretty sharp...

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RacerX

Hi,
I was just wondering what would be the right size to get if I want to sleeve SATA cables? I don't want to remove the connectors on the end.
I currently have them taped together as one cable.

Will the stuff stretch so I can get it past the connectors? Should I do them individually or together?

thank you

MadBan

Ever seen the Chinese finger cuffs? The more you stretch them the narrow they get. So when you squish them together, the diameter increases. You will have plenty of room to put the SATA cables through it. It may be necessary to stagger the ends while you thread them through.

Or and here is my try at sleeving. http://www.overclock.net/2390633-post708.html
I did both the electrical tape (on the floppy drive cable) and the mesh sleeve (on the IDE cable).
The sleeve fit easily over the IDE cable.

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i got halve way threw and got a really good understanding of it in fact i am posting this after i scaned down to see how long it was and saw damn nice guide not what i was expecting at all removale of the conecters and all damn top notch

KSIMP88

Sticky this, already.

N0 F34R 1488

The easiest way to solve that is to just cut the cable in the middle, put your sleeving and heatshrink on, and then just re-solder the wires together. That way you don't have to stretch out anything to try to get it to fit over the connectors.

Justin_Garrett

Great post, but I'm gonna have a problem I believe. I bought this sleeving kit to put around my psu wires, but didn't get any tools to take off the connectors. Do I just staples to push the wires out? I didn't get the tools because it said it could expand. For the shrink wrap....does it go over the sleeve then you apply heat to keep the sleeve in place?

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radodrill

The pin removal tools depress the clips that hold the pins in place allowing them to be pulled back out of the housing; if you opt to use staples instead (not recommended) then you would use them in the same manner as you would the pin removal tool. I've pulled ATX pins using the pin removal tool and it is tough; so I can only imaging what it would be like using staples.

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I ordered that Sunbeam tool kit a while back- the ATX pin remover broke on me so I had to end up ordering another one from FrozenCPU (was much stronger). Definitely get a setup, you won't regret it. I can't tell you how many times I've used mine.

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