Re: Do you make your own coax cables or buy them?



phil-news-nospam@xxxxxxxx wrote:
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:33:20 -0600 me@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

| Just curious how many people buy raw coax and tools to
| put connectors on them to make their own coax cable
| runs?
| | Or do you just buy them-made with connectors on them
| and use couplers if needing extra pre-?

About 4 years ago, I lost a case of tools. Until then, I made my own
cable/connector sets for a lot of things from coax for TV, coax for ham
radio (UHF, BNC, and N connectors), Cat5, and even power cords. I buy
surge protectors with longer cords, cut them to the needed length, and
put on a new plug. Eventually I will re-collect these tools and be able
to do this again. I make a few of these at work (mostly Cat5 and DB-9)
for special needs. We have some of the tools there.

I'd like to make my own HDMI, USB, and Firewire cables to the right
length, but I have not seen separate connectors available for them.


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I've never done fiber optics.
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I have, and if there ever was a time for pre-made cables, this would be it.


--
jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'
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