Building your own rounded cable

This is a very simple tutorial explaining how to build your very own rounded cable. They aren’t expensive, but it’s a nice project to do with your simple, flat and ugly IDE cables, making them look better. The reason why I would do that is to increase air circulation inside the case and make it look better (if you have a window on it). So here goes the tutorial, hope you enjoy. Anything please comment!

What you will need:

• Pliers
• Stiletto
• IDE cable
• Spiral tube
• Tape

1st Step: Get the IDE cable and cut it carefully, I think the best way is to cut it with 4 lines space, but you can do it with 2 lines space if you want, but it’s way more work. Now you must be careful, because if you damage any line, it will become useless.

2nd Step: Now you should make a “spaghetti” with the cable, and it’s time to put it inside the spiral (find to buy in any casemod website), take a look at these pictures:

3rd Step: After making the cable inside the spiral, it’s nice to stick the sides with tape.

4th Step: Now that the spiral is well fixed, you can use some wire ties for a better look, and better quality.

5th Step: Cut the long parts of the wire ties using pliers and your cable is ready to use. 🙂

Now that you have done your “home made rounded cable”, it will look much better than before, helping with air circulation inside your case and giving it a clean look. A cool thing is to use colored tapes for a better appearance.

That’s all!

Based on a Portuguese tutorial from casemodbr.com