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Cable Alchemy

Tired of being burned by sub-par cables, the video team decides to concoct their own.

Oct. 11 2011

Cast: Vinny, Joey

Posted by: Drew

262 Comments

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Aww BNC cables, brings back memories of 90's Ethernet. Fun times.

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I want to touch his arms.

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@Airickson said:

Vinny is the man.

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That was pretty crimp.

Also that sax sounds like the General Hospital intro.

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Ok is someone gonna make a balding with vinny caravella photoshop or should I?

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Sick riffs.

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WRITING A COMMENT

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NEEEEEEERNEEEEERNEEEEEERRRHHHWWW

This, a video about cables on a video game website, is my favorite from the last few weeks.

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Going to the kitchen with Vinny Caravella is my new favorite show! :)

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I love these types of videos. This is what I paid for (even though its free).

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This is pretty awesome

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always be crimpin

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Making your own cables for your own necessities are always a much better option than buying cables. I know, it's so easy to buy them ready. But it's so awesome when you make the cable you need. I just recently bought Ethernet/Coax crimpers and I love making them.

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This video is all eye candy.

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Well this is the greatest 6 minutes of my life.

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Reminds me of when I had to make Cat5 cables in Networking class.

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Man Vinny is jacked.

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this.....is really stupid.....and thats not a bad thing

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This just seems like a thinly-veiled advertisement for Vinny's biceps. And it totally worked! WHERE CAN I BUY THEM?

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Baby, I would crimp your cable any night of the week.

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Yo, Bro. Always be crimpin'. Also, Strap it on.

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ALL the guitar riffs were hilarious.

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This is what happens when the video guys make videos. Things go nuts, and I wouldn't want it any other way.

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Manly men doing manly things. Love these videos.

My guns look inferior compared to Vinny's though. Must exercise harder.

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Going to the Kitchen Area With Vinny Caravella: This Spring on the WB.

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That was great! I'd be really interested in seeing more videos like this one.

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Vinny "Two Biceps" Caravella

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Love the 80's porno music in the beginning.

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BNC are surely the manliest of connectors. I mean, you've got your choice of "Bayonet" or "British" right there in the acronym.

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Vinny Caravella for president.

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Theyres that sax song again. I want it now.

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I had definitely not heard that all the replacement cables from the first batch were also borked. That is one huge batch of fail, and the manufacturer must be well outside their acceptable failure rate.

DIY dogs. And thanks for making this a quick vid with sick riffs, instead of three livestream hours of Vinny stripp... wait....

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I love this behind the scenes shit, man. Those Joust videos are great- I'm starting to think their holding Vinny, Dave, Dew and Joey back from the free members and using them as incentive to subscribe. I mean, the behind the scenes stuff is always hosted by Vinny, Load our Last Save is Vinny and Drew, Random PC game is Vinny and Dave... I love it! Subscribing means like 500% more Vinny, how rad is that? Man, I said Vinny like six times in this post. 

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Giantbomb.com STICKIN' IT TO THE CABLE MENS!

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The section cut-aways were the best. I wish I got an awesome guitar riff every time I went to the kitchen. =(

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Awesome video, very cool to see some more random behind the scenes stuff.

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As a premium member I demand more guitar riff transitions in every video

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This video was a sensory experience for the eyes and ears. *swoon*

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This video was awesome. More content like this! Joey's guitar riff was out of control!

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I love how this feels like I'm watching Bob Vila or something =P

Ya making cables is easy but man is it tedious. At least you got to have a little fun with it by making this rad video. =)

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Vinny "Two Pen" ... turns in this case into Vinny "Coaxial"?

I used to own a library on "Computer cables" incl (A/V and all that jazz) - it was in 5 tomes! Crazy amount of different cables - nobody in his right mind would assume how many there are!

RG6 is rather easy going. Try to cut fiberglass cable, so that it's clean & doesn't end up crippling the signals. That's a challenge.

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Those guitar riffs weren't even edited in, they're just a natural part of Vinny's day-to-day life.

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Behind the scenes with Vinny is so cool, keep it up guys

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Does Vinny work out or is that all from just crimpin'?

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Always be crimpin'.

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@Lightningproof said:

Those guitar riffs weren't even edited in, they're just a natural part of Vinny's day-to-day life.

A live house band follows Vinny wherever he goes.

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MAN - that ending. The suspense was killing me.

Vinny and crew are gods.

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How do 16 cables come fucked up? Baffling.

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@TooWalrus said:

I love this behind the scenes shit, man. Those Joust videos are great- I'm starting to think their holding Vinny, Dave, Dew and Joey back from the free members and using them as incentive to subscribe. I mean, the behind the scenes stuff is always hosted by Vinny, Load our Last Save is Vinny and Drew, Random PC game is Vinny and Dave... I love it! Subscribing means like 500% more Vinny, how rad is that? Man, I said Vinny like six times in this post.

Vinny is like a Living National Treasure (were Whiskey Media a country). Also, if you're good at something, never do it for free! Also also, crimpin' cables took me back to my early tech days, but the music and guitar riffs really made this one. Nice job guys.

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Geeeeeeeee...nice arms ,Vinny! And Nice tools for the job, also. About the cables you ordered, they just plain defective?..i've ghettoed done what you guys did proffessionally (and I do mean that) and come out all right. But at the very least, I would like a nice pair of crimpers like you got, the cable I can carefully strip with my knife.

And as a off the wall aside, I can both post (first one), and properly now! I found out what was screwed up in tools, something about compatability. First time in a year I can do paragraphs, edit, bold, underline, etc.