Cable Lacing Sketches
Since I've been asked several times now how I did the lacing I've drawn up a few
very rough (and confusing
) sketches. Since I can't yet do the video this
is all I got at the moment.
Basic Concept
As you can see (I hope), the basic concept is to have a thread running across
the top and bottom of the wire bundle and then do loops around them.
When you do a downwards loop, you go straight down, and when you come back up
again, you change one wire over when you're in the middle. This pulls the next
wire to the ones you've already laced.
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Front-View Step by Step
Step 1
First you loop the lace around the wire pack like this. Whenever there's a
crossing of wires in the third dimesion, red denotes the wire running in the
foreground.
Magenta represents continuity between steps. This is all just one piece of lace,
not several.
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Step 2
After that, loop the lace around the vertical end part once and go between the
first pair of wires. This is the loop by itself:
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And within context:
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Step 3
After that you go across the package of wires using vertical loops. As mentioned,
you go down straight and when you come back up you switch one wire over.
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With context:
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Step 4
At the last pair of wires, instead of going one wire over (there's no wire there
of course
), you go back across the entire package between the two layers, then
loop around the vertical end again (as in the beginning) and go to where the start
of the lace comes out. Then you make a knot.
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Which then leaves you with this mess:
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Note: It's quite tricky to keep everything taut all the time. Instead of trying that,
simply tighten down at both ends of the lace between steps (you'll easily realize when
the package is not tightly packed). It greatly depends on what kind of lace you use.
Nylon is very slippery and quite difficult to work with, lacing cord (usually waxed
cotton) is quite convenient.
I will still do a video, but in the mean time this might help a bit. I know it's a
bit messy, but if you don't understand a specific step let me know and I might be
able to draw up a clearer sketch for some more detail of that part.
EDIT: Something I forgot: I usually tie the two ends of the thread to large
paper clips to be able to thread it through the wires. Otherwise this might drive
a person insane.
Inspirational to say the least. PSU mount is a win, especially to show off the magnificent sleeving. 
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