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a small video about homemade mouse cable

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very light and very flexible mouse cable you might have already seen from pictures I've already posted.
Here is a little video to show how it "works".

Thanks for watching.
 
#6 ·
Very nice mice cable. But maybe just the flexing did the work?
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Originally Posted by popups View Post

I don't know if I would like a cable that flexible. I get annoyed by the Zowie cable flinging around when I swipe.
I did this cable mod to my WMO. Even though I never can do fast swipes with it due to 1.5m/s limitation, it is like the cable isn't even there. You can see it, but you can't feel it in games.
 
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Originally Posted by Elrick View Post

That will always be the very BEST type of cable to be connected to any mouse.

So jealous of you young whippersnappers, able to make your own cables with such ease
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Mine was from a g100s refurb cable. I just stripped the rubber and shielding, then sleeved the cable with paracord. I can't feel it in any games, which is nice. Zowie cables are the best rubber cables I've used, though. Not in a rush to mod it.
 
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Originally Posted by LegoFarmer View Post

Mine was from a g100s refurb cable. I just stripped the rubber and shielding, then sleeved the cable with paracord. I can't feel it in any games, which is nice. Zowie cables are the best rubber cables I've used, though. Not in a rush to mod it.
How do you sleeve ire it? The para cord have a hold in the middle
 
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Originally Posted by qsxcv View Post

so i got this http://www.adafruit.com/products/2006
and some 3/32 inch paracord http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HENTX36?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

and i can't figure out a good way to sleeve the wires through.

so far i've mostly been trying to attach the wires to the threads on one end and pull from the other end, but the connection is never strong enough.
Watch some paracord sleeving guides to get the technique right. You basically push some in, pinch the paracord, compress the paracord, then loosen the thumb that was tensioned and pull. It takes a bit and I probably explained it really poorly.
 
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To sleeve the wires, I use a little cable ties with the end cut off. Then I heatshrink to attached them temporaly to the cablebinder and cover the shrink with scotch tape for better gliding.
With this ornate handling 5 wires are easy to sleeve.

qsxcv
Detail information about the paracord your ordered:
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Diameter of 3/32" (2.38mm Diameter), half the size of #550 Paracord
That is to small imo...
I only use paracord 550 and that is already small for this kind of sleeving.
 
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