Here is another good vid on repairing/replacing a jack. It still does not deal with the heat shrink type wrap that comes out of the jack for an inch or two on my cables though:



This one by the same outfit shows the heatshrink wrap used when building cables from Mogami cable and parts from scratch.



I guess I can just combine the two build techniques. Thoughts appreciated from any of you that have worked with your own cables. Otherwise, I hope these vids help someone else considering doing the same. :-)