Braid

tidusjar · 16 Sep 2011 at 21:02

Would 6.4mm 2:1 Heatshrink be fine for 4mm Braid?

panyan · 16 Sep 2011 at 21:03

tidusjar said:
Would 6.4mm 2:1 Heatshrink be fine for 4mm Braid?

thats what I'm using and it is fine

stulid · 16 Sep 2011 at 21:04

If my maths are correct

then yes.

tidusjar · 16 Sep 2011 at 21:04

Ok cool, Trying to braid for the 1st time

Ordering now

EDIT: how much heatshrink would i need per M of braid? Braiding every cable. Kind of hard to calcuate since i don't know how many cables im doing.

Also I read the guide on here and it says:
SATA Data Cable - 6mm (Make sure it's expandable to 12mm or if you have 10mm you can try but it might be a tight fit.)

So if i bought a 6mm braid would it be fine?

panyan · 16 Sep 2011 at 23:20

personally, for 6 meters of cable braid, i used 1/2 a meter of heatshrink, but this was my first time too and some of the early ones i re-did the heatshrink

i bought 12.7mm heatshrink for my sata cables

im about to but some 6.4mm heatshrink for the fan cables and front panel cables

EDIT: i bought 6mm in black and white for the sata cables, the black JUST fit over, the white didnt fit at all

Tealc · 16 Sep 2011 at 23:50

I used 4.8mm and struggled getting it over the cables and braid but it was so much easier to shrink down in position.

tidusjar · 18 Sep 2011 at 21:30

Thanks for the info guys!

panyan · 18 Sep 2011 at 21:42

post pics when you do it

tidusjar · 18 Sep 2011 at 23:02

Will probably get them done by Friday depending when they arrive. I'll make a thread in the case section and post the link in this thread. Mind it's my 1st time