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Re: [fieldcraft] cable wrapping techniques

Subject: Re: [fieldcraft] cable wrapping techniques
From: "Ted Coffey" twcoffey1
Date: Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:44 am ((PDT))
Paul,
It is good to point this out.  I learned it as a kid from my father
who in his early yearsa(1920's) was a power company lineman and I
think it probably goes back to a time when a rope was first made.  I
know its been used by the Navy since the beginning.  Essentially you
are unwinding with the twist as you wind.
Ted
--- 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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