Metal mesh sleeving

[bigboxes]

I recently bought some nice toslink cables from monoprice. They are worth every penny. Inexpensive, heavy duty connectors and sleeved in a metal mesh. Nice. Well, I just got a new Cherry mechanical keyboard. My previous one was having issues. Also, one of my cats had chewed through the keyboard cable. Someone on Geekhack hooked me up with a bigger diameter cable that I soldered into the board to work as a makeshift. However, I thought the metal mesh sleeving of the toslink cable would be great as a deterrence to the cat's chewing of the cable. Just making the diameter a little bigger would help as would the metal. For the life of me I cannot find this particular sleeving online. I figure I'd only need 3-4 feet of the stuff. I have plenty of heat shrink. Anyone know where I can acquire something of this nature?

Monoprice Premium 12ft. Toslink Cable

 

[akugami]

http://www.cableorganizer.com/stainless-steel-braid/?green=2dde3200-d76e-0586d7-8cf8-fec18c70807d

http://www.wirecare.com/Braided-sleeving.asp

Not sure if best price or if these products will work for you. Try Googling "metal braided sleeving" instead of "metal mesh sleeving" for more results.

 

[bigboxes]

http://www.cableorganizer.com/stainless-steel-braid/?green=2dde3200-d76e-0586d7-8cf8-fec18c70807d

http://www.wirecare.com/Braided-sleeving.asp

Not sure if best price or if these products will work for you. Try Googling "metal braided sleeving" instead of "metal mesh sleeving" for more results.

I found the first link last week. The second one is new to me. Thanks for the link. 🙂

 

[bigboxes]

Just a little update. I took apart the new keyboard and popped the cable off the board. Then I realized that I was not going to be able to get the sleeving on the cable. There is a rubber mount molded to the cable near the connector. I was bummed. I decided to use some cable clamps and stick them to the underside of my desk. I then only had a small length that drooped a bit. I smeared some habanero sauce to that section. I am hoping for the best. 😛

 

[aigomorla]

do u know how sleeve cables?

Typically u try to get the sleeve over the cable... most likely get the one with a diameter in which u can slide the USB head inside.
Then u use a shrink wrap to compress the ends of the sleeve to the cable.

This holds the sleeve in place even if its bigger then what ur sleeving.

 

[vbuggy]

I'm curious. Does the metal sleeving help in that the cats still nom on it but it resists, or they avoid it?