# Everything regarding cables in D.I.Y / What to use? **URL:** \ **Category:** DIY STUFF\ **Created:** [November 5, 2020, 1:27pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/everything-regarding-cables-in-d-i-y-what-to-use/2204 "2020-11-05T13:27:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Bitnik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/bitnik/32/274_2.png) [@Bitnik](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/u/Bitnik)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/everything-regarding-cables-in-d-i-y-what-to-use/2204/2 "2020-11-07T15:45:13Z")
I’m surprised to see you’ve got no response here yet. Cables are a great subject for DIY. Ordinary copper or even copper coated aluminium (CCA) is great for patch cables. For flexibility I recommend thinner wire and silicone insulation. For high durability, 20awg or thicker is fine. I touched on this topic here, mostly from the viewpoint of single core banana cables, but the basic ideas translate well to more conventional dual core cables. For my DIY banana cables I keep a big reel of 14awg dual core speaker cable which I split into single core and then making up the cable is a two minute job because you just strip the ends and screw a banana plug on each end. > [@Fast prototyping](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/fast-prototyping/1349): > > I want to use this thread to share my extremely tortuous progress in what I laughingly call “fast prototyping.” Why do I call it fast when it takes so long? Well, it’s all relative. I seldom have both the time and the energy to do much, and my days are so exhausting that I spend most of my little spare time relaxing in bed. There are times when I’m in bed because it affords me some space where I feel relatively safe from the duties of the day, but for a short while I’ve got enough energy to pos… --- _[View the full topic](https://lookmumnocomputer.discourse.group/t/everything-regarding-cables-in-d-i-y-what-to-use/2204)._