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Nickthedentist · 16th Jul 2019, 1:12 pm

Spurred on by this thread started by Joe:
https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?t=108785

I had another go at making some decent vintage-look flex today.

I used one of the inner stands of the Paracord to pull-through a 6' length of silicone-insulated single-core flex, repeated so that I had one black and one red. Easy so far!

But what I found hard to do was twist the two together neatly. No matter how hard I tried, there were portions where one core seemed to be wrapped around the other, rather than the two being evenly intertwined. The result is OK but I feel I could do better.

Any tips, please?
Nick.

16th Jul 2019, 1:12 pm	#1
Nickthedentist Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oxford, UK. Posts: 17,874	Any hints for neat twisting when making DIY twisted flex? Spurred on by this thread started by Joe: https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?t=108785 I had another go at making some decent vintage-look flex today. I used one of the inner stands of the Paracord to pull-through a 6' length of silicone-insulated single-core flex, repeated so that I had one black and one red. Easy so far! But what I found hard to do was twist the two together neatly. No matter how hard I tried, there were portions where one core seemed to be wrapped around the other, rather than the two being evenly intertwined. The result is OK but I feel I could do better. Any tips, please? Nick.