Consider using heatset inserts in 3D printed parts for screws and use something like M3 screws in them for a much more secure hold. Screwing screws directly into PLA or ABS is not ideal.
I think every engineer designs a little differently. In the broadcast end, shielding is very important. In that arena I use an off the shelf metal box with strain relief. I Like your box but I would add a screw bolster inside to strengthen corners as well as counter sink the screws. Keep up the good work, I'll stop by see what else you come up with. Never stop dreaming or revising.
Would the grounding be better or worse with a metal case? I don't have a 3D printer, so was thinking of just getting a couple Metal Case Enclosures for Guitar Effect Pedals and using those instead.
Nice project but I would have used balanced patch cable as its more flexible and thinner. Or standard microphone cable if i didn't have balanced patch cable in stock. And I would have used a big strain relief for the cable. As for the box you could have used Neutrik's D-size shells for ease of fabrication. Or a readily available box like a Hammond 1590A (if I am not mistaken). You took out your step drill so could have saved yourself the trouble of designing a custom box...
Balanced patch cable is how I’ll build my future ones. D sized shell cases actually won’t fit the punch down block of the Ethercon connector. That was my first attempt.
What heat shrink is that? (diameter and ratio). I'm gonna use that to label all my cables without having to desolder 16 of them. I have a pair of Cat boxes, but might look at trying this to make my own. Recently just made a couple of Multicable reels (using Expandable Braided Sleeving). One was a 30m Optical HDMI and Cat6 reel (for PTZ cameras), and the other was a 30m 3 cable Cat6 reel for my XR18, one cable is for the "remote" port, the second is to use a Cat5 USB extender (so I can multitrack record), and the third is to use a Cat6 Audio Snake (so I can receive the Headphones out from the XR18, an Aux out for Livestream feed, a XLR in for a Talkback Mic and finally a feed for PC audio or music.
wait, so each twisted pair on the Cat5, 6, or seven can create only one channel, right? What if we want to make 8 channels? Do we need to use two of those Ethercon connectors? great video.
Why on earth would you use ethernet cable for the XLRs??? The purpose of the whole thing would be to use microphone cables for the XLRs that go into an Ethernet socket so that you can connect a long Cat 5/6/7 ethernet cable to the socket. There's zero need to use ethernet cable for the XLR portion of the build (it's too rigid, inconvenient and unnecessary). Nice job designing the enclosure iterations! Excellent idea otherwise!!! :D
Just what I had on hand to build a prototype. Microphone cable would 100% be better. 23 awg mic cable is too big to fit a punch down so you’d have to find some smaller.
@@arichindustries This is a super nice project otherwise, don't get me wrong, I just felt the ethernet cables were way too stiff to be working with. Not to mention that this kind is less flexible and more brittle on the long term than mic cable... on this cable length, you can definitely get away with thinner mic cable, especially if the connection is balanced when using shielded CAT5/6
