Wiring Harnesses

[Steve Keck]

Creating Wiring Harnesses

This is how I do mine:

Chuck a length of 20 thousandths piano wire into a MicroMart drill chuck and that into a variable speed drill. The piano wire is too small for a standard electric drill chuck thus the need for the MicroMart drill chuck..

Insert a length of thin brass or copper craft wire into the space between the chucks and s-l-o-w-l-y let the drill do the winding. This will be the “wrapped†portion of the harness. When the piano wire starts to flex excessively start a new section.

To create the visible wires use thinner black craft wire. Sandwich it into the wound wire at intervals.

I use BLACKEN IT from MicroMart to turn brass black. It’s advantage is it requires no further priming or painting.

Here’s an example of the harness in place:

[Romell R]

Very Good Steve thx for the tip. I'll defanitly use that this.

oh and the vender is Micro Mark there very good people.

[whale392]

Now, about those plug ends.......

Thanks for sharing, Steve.

[Steve Keck]

oh and the vender is Micro Mark there very good people.

You're correct, Shox. Here's their link: www.micromark.com/

[Danno]

Would this technique work for the General Lee's wiring harness?

[sjordan2]

No chance: It's accurate-looking, and the tutorial has decent grammar and spelling. There's no way it'd apply to a General Lee build.

:lol:

[David G.]

WOW! No wonder your eyes look like that!

If I ever do attempt a wiring harness like that, I at least have an idea of how to procede.

Thanks for the tip.

David G.