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DIY Stompboxes => Building your own stompbox => Topic started by: Kræn on September 12, 2005, 12:35:14 PM

Title: Old computerwires for stompboxes
Post by: Kræn on September 12, 2005, 12:35:14 PM
Found a bunch of wires from old computers at the junk yard.  Stuff like this:
(http://www.upitfree.dk/upload/files/DSC00393_760_x_570.jpg)

Will that be ok for stompboxes?
Title: Old computerwires for stompboxes
Post by: Stevo on September 12, 2005, 12:39:57 PM
That stuff is excellent I salvaged a few copiers years ago...billions of wires and am still using them .....some are thicker but that is just about the correct size...has been working for me
Title: Old computerwires for stompboxes
Post by: MartyMart on September 12, 2005, 12:44:28 PM
Oh yeah, that stuff works fine  :D

Marty.
Title: Old computerwires for stompboxes
Post by: JimRayden on September 12, 2005, 12:49:22 PM
Yup, I just built a tube preamp using these. Although they might be too thick for perfboard use... there should be wires of two different thicknesses in that nest.

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Jimbo
Title: Old computerwires for stompboxes
Post by: Kræn on September 12, 2005, 01:05:14 PM
Thanks! Wow, quick responses.
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Post by: petemoore on September 12, 2005, 02:27:08 PM
Use 'em all the time, ez strip, good quality [some are even pretinned]...I like the color coding scheme I settle on.
Title: Old computerwires for stompboxes
Post by: Jacob on September 12, 2005, 04:05:22 PM
Inside computer there are a lot of things...., ask at computer shop that assemble pc's or mac, because probably are more than enough. The best are cables that goes from cd-rom unit to the motherboard, these are shielding :)

(Sorry my english)
Title: Old computerwires for stompboxes
Post by: Eddie V on September 12, 2005, 10:42:41 PM
If I ever see a computer in the trash thats the first thing I take. Almost all of the wire I use now is salvaged, from a variety of things, but the main source is a large spool of wire some one didnt have a use for.
Title: Old computerwires for stompboxes
Post by: Paul Marossy on September 12, 2005, 11:08:54 PM
My Firefly (tube amp) has computer wire in it...