SECRET of DIY Coiled Cable

[@eurisko84]

No word of a lie. 100% facts and works. Tried literally minutes ago in 2024 and works a treat! Thumbs up!

[@jaggernaught2129]

I seldom comment on the videos that I watch, but this video deserves some praise. It has the best description and demonstration of the technique to make coiled wires. Excellent. Thank you!

[@piotrhaie]

Thank You for a SECRET, You are the MASTER ✌🏻🙌🏼🙏🏻

[@johncollins9253]

One of the most useful videos I've watched. Thanks for "the secret"!

[@seelyw.4818]

Thats the best video of this topic! Thanks a lot for saving my money!

[@chuckvoss9344]

it's been a very long time since I was amazed. Thank you for sharing with us!

[@prestonthomas9406]

Thanks for the secret recoil after you heat the cable. Great video

[@dariushkhorramtash]

Hi there. This is the best SECRET . Thank you for sharing, I can't stop myself. I'm doing this on any cable in front of my eyes 😂. Just I destroyed one prob cable, the socket melted. For the other one I covered the socket with baking paper and dropped some water on that, so it worked. I recommend to do it for the sensetive material or charging cable socket because there is some electronic parts inside. Thank you 👍👍

[@brianwood5220]

Great tip Max, thanks for sharing. (Loved the outtake)

[@wannazirulhafeezwansafie5778]

Perfect. Thx 👍 *I've to slow-mo the video at 13:26 to follow reversing step

[@d4criri]

the part at 13:24 is really confusing to me, could you make a dedicated video on how to reverse the coil specifically but explain it a lot slower? as well as showing how to do it on coils that are curled in the other direction ie. the head end of the coiled wire in your video comes out the bottom facing downwards but the way I did it it comes out at the top facing downwards

[@yuranrs]

Unbelievable trick!

[@naehh73]

Awesome! Thank you mister!

[@GPackard]

Thank you

[@jackadamsdaniels6719]

Thank you for sharing

[@Destinied]

Thank you so much.

[@zerobambiro]

Perfect!

[@danayo8852]

Outstanding video. How can I remove the coils from a remote control cable?

[@olafschermann1592]

Great tricks! Thank you!

[@qtsog]

Thank you so much. Another video mentioned about reversing the coil wire after heating to keep it in spring shape but they did not show how to do it as detail as you did.

[@domingossaude]

Thank you for this knoweldge. I was needing to know how to do this for my guitar cables.

[@rluigi1965]

bravo . tomorrow i'll try with a long usb cable . just puchased the captain tape from Amazon. Clear english explanation ;) . Thanks!

[@markvana7963]

Thank you, Max. Indeed I was very curious how I could achieve the tension. Was planning to coil up some long charging/data cables which are very inconvenient in a car. (Like the previous reviewer, this was also my very first comment, precisely because it's a well-made video!). Regards, Mark.

[@CasualSome1]

This is the best video instruction on how to coil the cable by far. I do run into issues with reverse-coiling the cable, 3rd time I am trying and it is not cooperating. Not sure if it's the braided cable giving me troubles or what is it, but I won't give up lol I forgot to include this very important advice: DO NOT put a cable into the oven that has connectors on both ends... this coil of the cable approach only works if you want to coil the cable itself... if you buy USB type C cable hoping you can coil it, not going to work... because at this temperature usb connectors on both end will be cooked and will not work properly

[@wardope]

Thank you so very much this is perfect. just what I needed!

[@gka9d]

Gracias por desvelar el secreto de enrollar un cable correctamente

[@ilyasmhd]

Whoa dude that's actually cool

[@adehuang241]

thank you sir. it’s helpful

[@jmb4370]

Awesome and very clear video! What would be the best way to uncoil (straighten) a coiled cable end to get a longer straight tail section?

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

Probably reverse could it first and then try straightening it in the oven

[@sajad_alsalim]

I was searching for normal coil cable without cutting or adds fabric bullshits i just find exactly what i need Thanks you allot ❤️😘

[@Mr-Speaker99]

Very good Video i love it 😍

[@jumper4000]

That's fantastic. My cable is cooking right now. Hopefully it comes out as good as yours

[@jumper4000]

I ended up ruining the cable. It was 1/4" to XLR and the connectors got damaged beyond repair. I'm sticking to heat guy, but I'll flip the cable next time

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

It shouldn’t at that temperature, was it Celsius or Fahrenheit?

[@FerdinandWalter]

Nice, thank you!

[@GerryNewton-ry8zh]

Hay max, thanks this is just what I’m looking for, but I have a question. I’m needing a 12/3 coiled wire for my sawmill I am customizing & don’t really want to spend $176. Buck for a 10 wire ( I only need 5.5’ of wire, I tried this at home last night and the recoil was not as strong as the ones you did in this video so I put it in the freezer not sure what will happen. I rapped it tight around a 1/2” conduit and heated it up to about 167* for about 15 minutes, 17:10 should I have heated it hotter or longer? Thanks again. G

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

It depends what the cable is made from, have a look at the datasheet of the cable and material it made of, then have a look what temperature is a melting point of the cable. And then have a temperature set 20 degrees less (Celsius) don’t wrap it very tight because the copper may melt through insulation and short out.

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

It depends what the cable is made from, have a look at the datasheet of the cable and material it made of, then have a look what temperature is a melting point of the cable. And then have a temperature set 20 degrees less (Celsius) don’t wrap it very tight because the copper may melt through insulation and short out.

[@grantmckeown4425]

Very good, thank you.

[@oggystig]

Brilliant video

[@محمدحسيب-غ3ط]

thanks

[@bardsuu]

Yo this vid must get more views, just wow💯

[@billartz2965]

Thanks for a great tutorial Max. I was wondering if instead of allowing the tails of your coil to extend outward, you were to direct them back to the middle of the coil. In doing this, you would find them to reverse direction when you counter-wind the coil. Just a thought.

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

Yes but probably will need a hollow tube to wind the cable onto instead of solid rod.

[@JustCaja]

Great Video! I was just wondering, if I can let it cool down itself on the rod instead of using water? Especially for plugged Cables like charging cables?

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

You can give it a try, should be okay.

[@MyLittleCarebear]

This was helpful thanks. I kept accidentally undoing my reversing when I tried to copy you but I found it much easier for me when I started from the middle of the coil. It's nice and springy! Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work as a cable anymore. Maybe my coil was too tight or I bent it too much or something. still cool though.

[@matheeshabhanu9357]

Wow its great man..... good job 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@talesa.900]

Muito Obrigado ! De verdade !

[@ZaarsShed]

Very nice! Have you tried it with 10am/240v 3-core mains cable? How thick of a rod will I need you think?

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

I don’t know exact diameter, but I’d say from 15mm upwards, also I don’t recommend using coiled cables for high current loads.

[@ZaarsShed]

@@MaxELECTRONICS "also I don’t recommend using coiled cables for high current loads" can you please explain why?

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

Because you’ll be making an inductor then

[@tookitogo]

@@MaxELECTRONICSThat doesn’t matter, since the conductors are running parallel to each, and the coiling is loose.

[@tookitogo]

There is a good reason to limit current - or use thicker cable (i.e. thicker conductors) than you would otherwise - and that’s because coiled cable has reduced airflow compared to straight cable, so it will warm up more. Thicker cable has lower resistance and won’t heat up as much. Heating is, by the way, the reason that you should not run power cables under carpets, and why big coils of cable (like unnecessarily long extension cords on reels) warm up. So go thicker for those!

[@henrikjonsson4340]

Hi Thanks ... I am looking the cable itself ... it should have some elasticity but not to much...what is the speciell material mix to each other? Some plastic with robber or?

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

PVC I guess, give it a go and see how it turns out.

[@electrofly23]

saved me a small fortune - thanks!

[@SaladHate]

Damn it! All other videos i watched they didnt do the last part. I have started thinking there is some kind of chemical post-process to make the wire springy. Thank you for sharing this!

[@mbeliv3763]

thx can youy give me the information where i can buy this cable? also what kind of cable it is?

[@vlive1141]

OMG BECKY! I was getting a bit wary that I was not going to be let in on a secret. I hung in and you came thru. Awwww Snap!☎️

[@deepakjuneja5269]

Which material use for coil crystal material is perfect for coil

[@rubbishnubbish]

does the oven have a smell after heating the cables? Also do you think this will work on a braided cable that has a cloth feel to it?

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

No, there’s no smell afterwards, because we only softening the rubber, and yes you can use cloth braided cable

[@mrbobsweprivate1010]

is it possible to coil a XLR cable from example Cordial?

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

Not the silicone type

[@wh0tube]

VOC fumigated pizza! Yummm!

[@thegamingchicken9551]

Can you do this with cables with the connectors already on it

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

Yes

[@codovidiu8710]

I have one question. When you put the cable inside the oven, you stop the oven or did you let it on?

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

Leave it on.

[@codovidiu8710]

@@MaxELECTRONICS thank you!

[@bangmang8975]

I have wired headphones that need to be spring any other choice/method i can use without putting my headphones into the oven?

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

Probably pull them apart and disconnect the cable

[@JAKOB1977]

well done, and I was like hmm in the beginning when you kept referring to this special "secret", but I gotta admit I was not familiar with that last step... great tip thx. what about hot water, like those most people have that often goes to 100degrees. was thinking about spinning it up like this and then just lay it in a sink and put that 100degrees water on it and perhaps keep it submerged with the plugs above and afterward, rinse it in cold water to lock it... would 100 degrees boiling hot water be hot enough, obviously with the same cold approach at the end too somewhat lock the plastic coiling. .

[@JAKOB1977]

just tried it with water./took like 5 minutes from start to finish) I used a blue 1.3m USB-B to USB-A cable from my Korad 3005KP and used a alubroomstick and boiling water like +1liter that I held over it slowly., and just after that rinsed and dipped the end of the bromhandle where it was' in cold tapwater and finally the last the back-rewind folding part. seems to work fine, but the coil is obviously a lot bigger hence the diameter of the broomstick but likely not the most ideal cable I used, as it is quite thick and its one of these blueish transparent cable where you can sense a mesh of metal that is shielding the wire. but needed a Type B to Type A coiled cable that was not to long to be used with my FY6900 and so I can just take 5v power to the function generators TypeB port from the 5V USB port on my Micsig 1054C portable scope and don't need to rely on AC.. and same goes if wanna used it on PC and run it from there. again thx for your video, and helpful tips +1 from here. Cheers from Denmark.

[@tookitogo]

Nobody has nearly 100°C water coming from their hot water tap. A typical temperature is 60-65°C. (Any lower and you risk legionella growing in the hot water, any higher and the risk of scalding goes up dramatically.)

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

I don’t recall having a “100C hot water flowing from the tap” in my video.

[@mirzaiscandle]

Great video!

[@mudsh4rk]

Microphone/instrument cable actually works very well, it's one of the classic types of cable that gets coiled. You might need to use higher heat for it. I've seen plenty of single conductor wire with silicone insulation but I've never encountered an audio cable with it. If you want the ends to point the right way, instead of reversing the coil freehand like in this video, reverse it back onto the metal rod, tape the straight ends into the position you want, and then reheat the last half turn or so on each end of the coiled part with an airgun until the surface is shiny so that it reshapes, but leaves the rest of the coils tensioned.

[@MrPedroMaradona]

nice

[@w9gb]

“HOW IT’S MADE” program series covered this “industry secret” for creating Retractile Cords. The Telephone Industry has used process since 1930s for Handset Cords. Temperatures used by industry typically 90-95° C (~200°F). kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3TKk3Sah7eXoQ

[@dizzystardust7452]

So mic cables won’t work?

[@zacharynix6421]

So how do you “unspring” a coil, make long and straight again? Just same concept?

[@hemlocksalad5383]

Does it matter if your cable is PVC or PTFE? I'm looking to make my own coiled headphone cable and don't know which to buy.

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

Both should be okay.

[@hemlocksalad5383]

@@MaxELECTRONICS Thanks man! Have a good weekend.

[@tookitogo]

PTFE won’t take the coiling anywhere near as well as PVC or PUR (polyurethane).

[@douglasfalkenburg5560]

Excellent video and instruction, Max. I tried this on RG6. My application is that I built a retractable antenna mast on my RV. The antenna extends up 5'. I wanted a self-coiling cable to connect the movable top of the antenna to the roof of the RV. My problem was the "secret" reversal step. This did not work well and I wasn't sure how to do this, despite the video. The coil did not reverse easily and I wound up recoiling it on the rod just to give it some uniformity on the reversal. At the end of the day the reversed coil has loops of differing sizes and the end of the reversed cable didn't coil at it. Am I doing something wrong, is it the wrong cable, did I not cool it properly, or is it something else. Just wondering. Wish I could post a picture of the finished product.

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

Hi, unfortunately RG type cables are not suitable for coiling because they have solid core and really hard, unless you do a really big diameter coil like 100mm or larger, even then it won’t be perfect.

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

You may have seen TV vans with satellite dish on top, they’re extendable and if you have a look at the feeder cable it looks like a giant spring. That’s probably best option for antenna cable.

[@miettoisdev]

this is a treasure

[@strve800]

Hi, do you know how to make a coiled cable with aviator and mod led inside aviator? I want to try it but I dont know how to do it

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

I’m not sure what you mean. Could you clarify please?

[@strve800]

@@MaxELECTRONICS I mean, I will solder a led and hide it in aviator gx16, but i dont know how to start it

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

Make the coiled cable first, using my method, and after you finished the cable attach the GX16 and led

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

How to start what exactly?

[@fa-ajn9881]

More views!!!!

[@nayanjagirdar8408]

🙏

[@voxeledphoton]

16:14 enchilada

[@alexanderzohrens2945]

Thanks for the video. You really deserved the pizza.

[@ellee-k9h]

secret I was looking for

[@IwasOnceCooler]

my cable is stuck clockwise after starting the reverse coil and it doesn't go anti clockwise

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

I’m not sure what you mean ?

[@IwasOnceCooler]

@@MaxELECTRONICS I fixed it

[@IwasOnceCooler]

I didn't really know what problem I had either, so that is why my attempt at explaining didn't make much sense.

[@polerempel]

There is a technique to reverse coil without remove from pole.. I think it's more failproof and you can use the screwdriver to speed up the process.. The guy that show this method put back in the oven after reverse, I don't know if it's strictly necessary..

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

Yeah there’s a technique to rewind cable on the rod but it’s more for mass production so I never explored it. Doing it by hand for 1 or 2 cables at home it good. I’m not sure about putting it in the oven after rewinding, because it may loosen the tension, I’ll give it a try next time and see what happens as an experiment. But they stay springy without oven after rewinding. I had that red cable for years now and it spi rings back no problem.

[@team-mmg]

this is the secret.

[@foreigncontaminant2015]

I think 150 C or even 120 C is a bit too much

[@DianTomov_ST_Dupont_Lighters]

F*ck! It's melted on 150 degree

[@MaxELECTRONICS]

Was it fan forced or also had grill? If it has grill then it will melt anything

[@carl-johanthorsson3414]

There's two moments you are doing wrong, you are obviously not a professional, but as amateur you are doing almost everything right. Lock at how it's done in the factory, there a film of it originally from Discovery on KZbin

[@bintuabbaibrahimfoundation1992]

Tthhk

[@thinkingmonkey3290]

Thank you