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Great source for thin wires

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kiwigav: Warrant Officer; Posts: 1425; Joined: Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:38 am; Location: Nelson - New Zealand

Post by kiwigav » Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:36 am

Ho guys thought this might be a useful resource for thin wires for adding detail to engine bays or hydraulic lines

Old Printer cables

Strip them open to find some nice fine wires in a good range of colours

Cheers Gav

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Post by pedrofernandes » Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:56 am

Is that a parallel cable of a iomega zip drive??? haven't seen one in ages !!

khimbar: Corporal; Posts: 56; Joined: Wed Sep 04, 2013 7:31 pm; Location: Gods Own Country. Yorkshire.

Post by khimbar » Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:35 am

You can also do this with old SATA/PATA cables and ethernet cables.

UKscalemodeller: Chief Warrant Officer 3; Posts: 2062; Joined: Tue May 28, 2013 12:31 pm

Post by UKscalemodeller » Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:32 pm

Nice idea, I guess any old cable can be butchered.

If I want really thin wire I go rooting around the only one ear works headphone drawer.

kiwigav: Warrant Officer; Posts: 1425; Joined: Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:38 am; Location: Nelson - New Zealand

Post by kiwigav » Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:17 pm

Sure is a Zip drive cable, The drive is long gone but found the cable a while ago, at least it's got some uses!!

Cheers Gav

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Post by mutt71 » Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:58 pm

This is a great idea! I have several old cables that I will never use. Until now. Thanks for sharing this tip.

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