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USB Coil Cable

Step 2Cutting and stripping

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Cut both ends off your USB cable, leaving about 2-3 cm of wire (plus some extra for mistakes). Strip the cables as seen in pictures.
Select the length of coil cable that you want for this connection and also cut and strip this as seen in the pictures.

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5 comments

Sep 29, 2008. 5:39 PMmarkyb86 says:

I am definitley trying this tonight with a 3foot usb cable, and creating a 15foot, using cat5. ohhh yeah, theres just nowhere for a printer when you got 2pcs on a dresser! Thanks!! this helps the cheap committee!

Sep 29, 2008. 7:45 PMPlusea (author) says:

wow! very cool! just one thing, i think that the USB signal can only travel up to 5 meters or so. but you can use a powered USB hub in between to reach longer distances.

Aug 23, 2008. 10:15 AMTiller says:

Great idea. Instead of cutting up a USB cable for the ends, you can buy just the connectors from places like Mouser (www.mouser.com) and Digikey (www.digikey.com)make sure you order the connector and the boot. They have USB A, USB B, and mini USB connectors that can all be soldered.

Aug 25, 2008. 12:17 AMPlusea (author) says:

Thanks for the tip. great idea! somehow i didn't think to look for solderable USB connectors.