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Re: [fieldcraft] cable wrapping techniques

Subject: Re: [fieldcraft] cable wrapping techniques
From: "Greg Weddig" gweddig
Date: Sun Oct 28, 2007 3:59 am ((PDT))
Thanks for pointing this link out Paul.  I have used both the
"over-over" method and the "over-under " method depending on the venue
I was working in at the time.  A word of over-under caution: if you
are not careful with your connectors (at 5 in the morning, in the
dark) you can end up with a half hitch (which is a loose knot) every
few feet in your cable, which for me is infinitely annoying.  But
using the careful technique that Chris Babbie describes on the video
should yield excellent results.
For my long cables I prefer a extension cord reel.  The ones I use are
a circular orange wheel with a deep flange and knob.  Available at
most hardware stores.  I find that by the time I stuff a coiled cable
into a backpack, i never fail to lose the proper coil.

Thanks again,
--greg weddig
Baltimore, MD
http://gregweddig.net



--- In  Paul Jacobson <> wrote:
>
> hi all,
> 
> this is probably comes second nature to the experienced recordists on  
> the list, but hopefully some neophytes (like myself)  will find this  
> useful...
> 
> i've recently started using longish cables (20m) to set up my stereo  
> rig, and found I was ending up with the cable twisting back on itself  
> which resulted up a horrible tangled mess. not conducive to smooth  
> 5.00am starts!
> 
> i have discovered the problem was the result of using an normal over  
> and over wrapping "technique" (such as it is). The solution was to  
> use the "roadies" under over wrapping technique which seems to stop  
> the cable twisting as you roll it.
> 
> the following links explain/demonstrate the technique:
> 
> http://stagecraft.theprices.net/gallery/cablewrap/cablewrap-qt.html
> http://www.soundinstitute.com/article_detail.cfm/ID/93
> 
> It took 3-4 repetitions of unroll-roll using the over-under technique  
> to get the rolled in twisting out of my cables, but now the cable  
> unrolls without a twist to be seen.
> 
> cheers
> Paul
>






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