Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Making twisted wiring harnesses with a hand drill

My dad learned this trick from a stereo installer when he worked at a Honda dealership. If you use similarly-sized wires, the resulting twist pattern is very uniform and professional-looking. Cut off a bunch of pieces of wire, then stuff all of the ends into a the drill chuck and clamp it down. Start the drill turning, and use your other hand to keep tension on the wires.

In this case, I made a wiring harness with a stereo audio cable and two power conductors.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Heh, I've done this to untwist cat5 when I didn't have spare wire the right gauge for projects. I'm a dad now, guess my kids will learn from me too! :-)

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