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Topic says it all. I need the stripper and dies. I have a couple crimp handles. Email me or respond here if you want to get rid of yours. Thanks, Brian
Bump for you...I've been thinking about making some more cables lately as well...I was thinking that we should set up a cable-making-rental-thingy. I'm sure there are a few people here who have all the tools and don't use them often...might as well get paid $10 to let someone borrow them.
Not really...I meant that someone who already has the set can recoup some of their expenses, and they very likely aren't using it at the moment. Whoever wants to "rent" the set gets to whenever the owner wants to lend it out, and then it goes back to the original owner in the end.
Seems like a decent idea to me, assuming that all parties involved play nice. You could use heatware/HTF referrals as a decision-maker, as to whether or not the guy/girl is trustworthy.
But realistically, If I paid around $150-$200 for tools, the deal would have to be local or have astonishing high Heatware or whatever to have the tools lent out for $10-$20 or so. Also the wear and tear...
Instead of buying the tools....why not try and get someone to make you the cables near cost (unless you are really needing to make a ton)?? I mean, each Canare connector is ~$2.75, cables are ~$1.25/ft (component) or ~$0.75/ft (single-coax), so a 3ft component cable costs around $9.25, and add $10 for labor and say $5 buck shipping. At $25 it is still much cheaper then you could get any of the monster stuff for?? It helps the guy who payed for the tools make some $$ back and you get good interconnects, just a thought....I would prefer this method to sending my tools to someone I really didn't know....
Yeah, I actually was lucky enough to find someone on HTF a year ago who helped me make...4 or 5 different cables? They are great, thus this is why I wanted to make some more. I know my idea's rather idealistic, mostly since that I know that I myself am an honest guy who just wants to make some more cables, and probably some extras for friends.
Anyway, I'll shut up now, good luck in your search Brian.
Vince makes great cables. Check him out. Very professional looking for a fraction of the cost of retail cable makers. Uses all the normal, high quality parts, too.
I, too, can vouch for the quality of Maskeeper cables. I've gotten about 9 pairs of interconnects, a component and a composite video from him and I'm very happy. They look and perform awesomely. I'd like to see some Maskeeper speaker cables. Now it looks like I need about 5 more pairs of interconnects. Anyone know when his next batch will begin? Thanks
You could use heatware/HTF referrals as a decision-maker, as to whether or not the guy/girl is trustworthy.