Maintenance Work Today. Building New Cables.

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ahoustondj

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Today I decided to pull apart my cable harness in my rack and make some shorter custom made Balanced cables for the Mics.
The Tools:
Soldering Jig, Wire Strippers.
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Cable ready to be soldered to XLR Connector
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Finished cable:
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I have to install some cross rails in the back of the rack so this Harness is temporary: Cable Harnessing:
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With Speaker Cables attached to Amp. rolled and ready for setup:
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With ID Labels:

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Canute....where did you get that nice tool that's holding the connector? 2nd row of pics on my monitor, far right?


I want one!

Best,

Paul
 
Canute....where did you get that nice tool that's holding the connector? 2nd row of pics on my monitor, far right?


I want one!

Best,

Paul
It is a spring loaded wire Stripper but I used the tension jaws to hold the connector in place. I used to use that when I worked at the Johnson Space Center. It was the only one authorized for wire stripping. Here is a better picture of it here. http://ourdjtalk.com/threads/41961-Repair-Job?highlight=wire stripper



One of the screws was coming loose and QA at NASA rejected it so I got it and repaired it. LOL
I don't believe they are sold anywhere, I have never seen it but you can get one close to it here.

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/WESTWARD-Wire-Stripper-1YMZ8?Pid=search

http://www.tessco.com/products/displayProductInfo.do?sku=301378&eventPage=1
 
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Nice and clean .. Excellent job!
 
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Great to see people are still making custom patch cords! I make my own also as Canute and others here know. Like Canute I also dabble in speaker design and building. Most dj's are plug and play we are make and play!
 
Great to see people are still making custom patch cords! I make my own also as Canute and others here know. Like Canute I also dabble in speaker design and building. Most dj's are plug and play we are make and play!
I still have not completed a project that I put on hold since last year. A Sound Engineer gave me a design for a single cabinet to house Midrange and tweeter section for my three way system Right now I have separate cabinets for Tweeters and Midrange each powered by a separate amp. I was going to build two cabinets, one for each side. Each cabinet will house two 10" speakers for Midrange and a tweeter Horn. They will have separate inputs for the cables from their corresponding amps.
Here are the Components
In each cabinet:
2 X Eminence Kappa Pro-10A 10" Cast Frame Driver http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=290-426&FTR=10" kappa

1 X Eminence H295 1" Constant Directivity Horn 90x40 2/3-Bolt http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=290-550 With an EV DH 1506 or equivalent Driver

For Cabinet I will use this after I take out all the components with the exception of the Terminal Connectors :http://www.seismicaudiospeakers.com...ftrk=gdfV21217_a_7c446_a_7c1319_a_7cSA_d_100T It is cheaper to use those instead of building from scratch.
 
Canute SA makes some fine boxes, even the stock boxes sound decent. a lot of people buy their white cabinets to use for weddings.
 
May Test First

Canute SA makes some fine boxes, even the stock boxes sound decent. a lot of people buy their white cabinets to use for weddings.
Part of me wants to see how the speakers minus the passive crossovers perform first. I will have to rewire it plus remove the passive onboard crossover so that I can bi amp the two 10" as midrange (In series) and the Horn as tweeter, again with two separate amps. I have a feeling that I will at least have to replace the horn. I doubt that it is high powered. If it sounds good all I would need is a Horn since I have a pair of EV DH 1506 Drivers.
 
Why would you make seperate inputs on the back of the speakers for the mid and hi's Canute? Neutrik makes some wonderful modern connectors called NL4's
And with some nice 4 wire cable, you just run 1 cable to each top and your done
 
Why would you make seperate inputs on the back of the speakers for the mid and hi's Canute? Neutrik makes some wonderful modern connectors called NL4's
And with some nice 4 wire cable, you just run 1 cable to each top and your done
That is true but I will have to buy that new connector, for both ends plus the cable. It is a good idea though. As it is, I have loads of speaker cables 6 x 25', 6 x 50', 6 x 100' with a female end that can connect to the 50' or 25'. The cables are numbered on each end for Identification. Again, you bring up a good point to be considered. Thanks!
 
You Bro ,are the master at wiring up rigs.Those pictures are a work of art.:yoBiggrin:
 

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I made these two adjustable Right Angle Connector Cables today (Upper right), They are set at about a 50 degree angle. If I had used the Standard Store bought Right Angle Connectors/Cables the cable would have exited to the left and over some of my Input jacks making them unusable. This way I had them exit to the right instead but pointed slightly downwards to allow the case cover to close.

These Connectors have 7 positions View attachment 25647

The finished Project:
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I took a small block of 2x4 and drilled it about halfway through so it's a nice tight fit. Hold the connectors great. Thought about making another one with two holes so I could do both ends at the same time.
 
I took a small block of 2x4 and drilled it about halfway through so it's a nice tight fit. Hold the connectors great. Thought about making another one with two holes so I could do both ends at the same time.
I have all kind of Jigs and small electronic vises to hold things in place but I guess whatever works will do.