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Twozzok
16-12-2007, 02:08 PM
I'm trying to convert one of my old xbox cables to be a usb thingy so I can use a flash usb thing as a memory card,

Basically, the wires are incredibly think and I'm having trouble stripping them just with a wire cutter.

Any tips or tricks I can use to strip them without having to buy a wire stripper. (It'd just be cheaper to buy a USB Female -> Xbox Male thingy)

Pit-Jr
16-12-2007, 02:17 PM
use your teeth, ive mastered this technique

Twozzok
16-12-2007, 02:25 PM
haha, Just realised using a scalpel to make a tiny nick in the insulator, then just bending the wire at that point just rips the insulator without riping the wire :D

rokhed00
16-12-2007, 02:59 PM
Fire does the job no problem.

MoogleViper
16-12-2007, 08:25 PM
Just use your teeth.

Supergrunch
16-12-2007, 09:07 PM
Any kind of sharp implement tends to work, provided you're careful.

Twozzok
16-12-2007, 09:54 PM
Yeah, I used a scalpel, and just made a nick in the rubber. Then bent the wire ripping the rubber off :D

Also, Grunch, you're in cambridge? :O That's like 6 train stops away :D

MoogleViper
16-12-2007, 09:58 PM
Also, Grunch, you're in cambridge? :O That's like 6 train stops away :D

Worst chat up line ever.

Kirkatronics
16-12-2007, 10:15 PM
I'm trying to convert one of my old xbox cables to be a usb thingy so I can use a flash usb thing as a memory card,

Basically, the wires are incredibly think and I'm having trouble stripping them just with a wire cutter.

Any tips or tricks I can use to strip them without having to buy a wire stripper. (It'd just be cheaper to buy a USB Female -> Xbox Male thingy)

use your teeth, ive mastered this technique
what he said, just use wire cutters for cutting it.. and forstripping wires which are too thick tochew through.
i went through 4 years of electronics doing it :D

Supergrunch
17-12-2007, 12:23 AM
Also, Grunch, you're in cambridge? :O That's like 6 train stops away :D
Only in term time. (so not now)

Iun
17-12-2007, 05:39 AM
Just use your teeth.

That's what she said.

Twozzok
17-12-2007, 03:35 PM
That's what she said.

That's what your mum said.