On Mon, 7 Jan 2013, Chris Tofu wrote:
C: Drilling out a metal hood in anything but a lathe
seems to be a
recipe for an explosion of sorts. Even in a lathe - that likely die cast
crap. I dunno. I had thought of it but my original objection was it
would look all ugly.
You're right to be cautious. I used a cheap drill press,
with the part clamped down solidly. The well-made metal ones,
and some of the plastic ones went very nicely. Some of the
crappier metal ones not so well.
?I would have thought there would be something out
there I could
purchase. Guess not.
Used to be. But, then you could choose between dozens of
different hoods for all of the common sizes. And there
existed DB hoods for cables with fewer wires.
There were probably even grommets.
'course so long as it's solid, with good strain relief,
I'm not very particular about the appearance of my DB-3s
and DB-9s.
For some connectors, such as Mini-DIN, I'm not adverse
to using whatever cable is appropriate for each connector,
and ssplicing them in the middle. With a little practice,
shrink tubing doesn't have to look too bad.
--
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