Part 2: VoxelMods DIY Coiled Keyboard Cable Guide - Coiling, Oven Baking, Freezing, and Reversing

[@ArtFiendz]

Best tutorial on the internet hands down!.

[@Depl0rable10]

At about 10:30 it started feeling like a really strange cooking show. Thanks for the help!

[@RainyCreates]

How long does it stay in the freezer? Thanks for sharing your secrets :)

[@voxelmods]

30-60 minutes! You're welcome

[@bjornd327]

Great tutorial mate! I'm going to make my own cable soon and this was what I needed to get properly going! Thank you and keep up the great work :)

[@Rickjames127]

Finally found the right videos. Thanks for such a clear explanation and awesome video.

[@kenyonjones2357]

could you show how to make the tool you used to get that coil i have been trying to make my own cable and want a good coil

[@maia3514]

Perfect, thank you! Brilliant jig setup

[@natsu753]

Will you explain how to paint the connector?

[@BiggieBigBiggie]

google cerakote coating

[@Camdem]

Please link the grounding rod clamp you use. I've searched online but none of them specify the type of hex bolt they use. The 1/2" grounding rod clamp I bought is too small to fit the 3/8" -16 hex bolt I have.

[@LDellosa]

Awesome video, Voxel! And thanks for the reminder that I am, in fact, me :)

[@voxelmods]

Anytime! Phew, im glad you remembered!

[@liszten]

Hey great video man, I just had one question. What if I already soldered the usb connectors to the cable? Would I be able to still bake them or would the oven remelt the solder? Or what if say I used a mass produced usb c cable (made of nylon paracord with aluminum leads)? Would I be able to just coil that cable around a piece of metal and throw it in the over? Thanks in advance!

[@voxelmods]

Thanks! You can bake your cables with the soldering done, but your mileage may vary based on your oven. Start at a lower temperature, and try testing the temp first. Coiling a factory made braided cable *should* be possible, but again, the result will vary based on the qualities of the cable you started from. That was how I did my very first coil too! Just with a heat gun Good luck!

[@jameslam2848]

Love your tutorial thanks for sharing your secrets Keep up the good work

[@rnldry]

please do a video on how you do cerakote the aviators

[@deliveredlate]

Is it safe to put the cable in the oven. Are there no toxic fumes?

[@voxelmods]

It's plenty safe in my personal opinion, and I don't really smell any fumes when i bake my coils!

[@rendy5092]

Awesome!

[@iamdavidray]

This is beautiful just placed an order :)

[@orangemelon852]

Hey! I'm from Brazil, and I find your videos very interesting, I've already bought most of the items to compose, but I had the doubt, how long do you leave it in the electric oven?

[@papilcost]

Hey bro,how long was the part of the cable from the kbd to the connector? I wanna know if a 1.8m cable is enough for the coil,than use a 1.2m spare to route it to the pc

[@marek_sebesta]

1,8m cable will give you like 14cm coil,, approx

[@dslstnt]

i use this "L" method before i saw your video, this is the best method i ever use... it's more neat hehehe. and i'm also use oven ;)

[@miguelli7928]

Did you plan to upload a how to fuse colors guide?

[@voxelmods]

I do plan to upload a color fusing guide in the near future!

[@gavarrahul]

@@voxelmods can you please do follow up on these?

[@voxelmods]

I'm afraid I was overwhelmed with orders and have had to shift away from tutorials in general. The quick rundown is 1. Sleeve two color til they meet and overlap a little 2. Slide a 1.5 inch piece of 1/4in diameter heatshrink (clear) onto the seam 3. Heat with the blue part of a lighters flame til the seam is melted together. Don't go too far 4. Remove the heatshrink entirely 5. Techflex and beyond!

[@gavarrahul]

Any plans of continuation of these tutorials? Would love to see more as you have done excellent job at explaining it so far. And also pulled me into diy cables. 😁❤️

[@voxelmods]

Honestly I don't have the bandwidth for long form content anymore. My best recommendation is to join my discord server and head over to the DIY channels! We have a small, welcoming community there that focuses on helping each other with cables as they're working. Link can be found on my website or Instagram link tree!

[@Eagleii2]

Is the tube 1/2 inch or 3/8? Do you make coils with either diameter or just one coil size?

[@prasadpawar6166]

What length coil do you make normally? And what's the approx diameter of the rod ?

[@jacobdiba4130]

Hey Voxel by any chance that you have a link for the ground clamps extender that you have cause I cant seem to kind them at home depot

[@ppenduko]

Hi. Do you paint your own connector?

[@ponchofreedo]

what happened to part 3?

[@AmericasianKid1]

Can techflex brown during the baking process? One of my friend's ordered a yellow coiled cable with clear techflex and the coiled portion was brownish compared to the straight host end.

[@voxelmods]

I've never seen a coil become discolored during baking, not in 300+ coils baked. If its genuinely discolored (and not the natural result of clear techflex over yellow), then that's a strange situation, and I would recommend talking to the maker to see if your friend could send it back for replacement/repair

[@Squancheeb]

I tried a heatgun for a few minutes and was wondering why my coil didn’t hold shape…. 50 minutes in the oven…guess i need to heat it longer.

[@G.AngHWBG]

Why would you bake it one more time? Does not this defeat the purpose of reversing it?

[@voxelmods]

No, the purpose of baking and freezing is to set the coils shape. By reversing between cycles, it changes the tightness and properties of the coil. Baking once and reversing without a second heat/cool cycle could result in very poor results

[@Alex-vm9ug]

i want to buy so many cables from you, but im impatient AFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

[@mirzaiscandle]

The secret is out! Time to steal their process and make it 100x worse with $10 wires

[@tarocables7518]

FIRST BABY.