expandable wire sleeving? heat shrink?

[Scenaria]

I feel stupid for even asking about this but... does anyone know of a source of wire sleeving that can be heatshrunk? with glue on the inside I suppose... kind of like what they put on stuff like monster cable cables...

 

[soundguy]

digikey has heat shrink tubing, no glue, just get a size that is close to the exterior gauge of the wire you are using and heat it up.
dave

 

[mcs]

You can get heat shrink tubing with glue. I have seen it in either the Franell or the RS catalogue.

Best regards,

Mikkel C. Simonsen

 

[Scenaria]

im talking about the expandable sleeve stuff

but is shrunk onto the cable... or glued?

like this

not the heatshrink that says axiom rather the woven sleeve (chinese finger stuff

 

[neilium]

http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm?&DID=7&WebPage_ID=161

 

[Scodiddly]

[quote author="Scenaria"]I feel stupid for even asking about this but... does anyone know of a source of wire sleeving that can be heatshrunk? with glue on the inside I suppose... kind of like what they put on stuff like monster cable cables...[/quote]

Unless I'm much mistaken, you just want regular old "heatshrink tubing", which comes in a variety of sizes and with/without glue. You can even buy it at Radio Shack. Just find a size that can fit over your wire, and heat up with a cig lighter or a heat gun. The stuff usually shrinks to about half its original diameter. Don't bother with the glued variety, unless you need waterproof connections.

Wonderful stuff, couldn't live without it.

 

[Scenaria]

nope

its not tubing... its expandable sleeving... but can be shrunk onto the wire for a tight fit... the normal sleeving would expand even if pulled tight and shrunk on the ends..

 

[CJ]

your talking about the cloth that comes on the retro old school guitar chords and stuff like that?

 

[mkruger]

Here are all my bookmarks on this stuff: all these people carry exactly what you want. I use that stuff a lot.

http://cableorganizer.com/

http://www.cabletiesplus.com/

http://www.wirecare.com/wc_splashpage.asp

 

[Scenaria]

Im just trying to figure out how they bond the sleeving to the wire... I thought it was heated... but maybe glued?

on the left.. of the pic... that sleeving cannot be slid off its essentially glued or shrunk onto the cable...

 

[CJ]

What are you looking to do?
Adding it to existing cables?

 

[Scenaria]

lets just say I have a chance to mess with some *audiophools* out there... proving that they WILL buy a $20 pair of speaker cables for $200+

 

[pucho812]

Based on your pictures i think what you are refering to is known as Tech Flex/Flex Sleve. This comes in different sizes/colors and when pushed in towards it self it gets bigger. The only downside is you can't apply heat on it cause it will melt. So to keep it on you cable: mic, line, Snake whatever Cole-Flex which is basic heat shrink tubing. Comes in different sizes colors, shrinks to about half the size you buy so for example by 1/4 and it will shrink to about 1/8. usiing both of those really makes the cables look $$$$. I usually will flex and HS all patchbay cables as well as each mic cable in my mogane multi pair snakes mic cables if I am in the mood and anything else I want to look amaing.
You can buy this stuff and just about any real electronics store. I usually get this locally from pacific radio. www.pacrad.com

 

[Ian MacGregor]

Yeah... that is tech flex. We use it all the time on guitar cables and such.

Ian

 

[EGSdiy]

You can check here:http://www.egscabletie.com/heat-shrink-tubing-c-51_52.html

 

[RuudNL]

I think the topic starter may have found the right stuff after 13 years!  ;D

 

[shabtek]

I think the topic starter may have found the right stuff after 13 years!  ;D

;D
No thats not it...

I think a hot melt adhesive in tube form installed under expandable sleeving would be the ticket...spammers?

 

[benb]

Whatever it is, you can't buy that at Radio Shack anymore.