I was just out of high school on my first real job as a grunt on a
powerline crew. Second day on the job, the men at the top of the pole
dropped the handline to the ground and told me to roll it up and put it
in the truck. I had just started with rolling it over my elbow and
shoulder when a rain of nuts, bolts and tobacco juice came pouring
down. I'm sure it was a setup lesson. When the men got down, they
showed me the proper method to wind and unwind the rope. It was a
lesson that has served me well with regard to rope, mic cables and
extention cords. It's all in the wrist;-)
Moe
-----Original Message-----
From:
Behalf Of Ted Coffey
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 8:44 AM
To:
Subject: [Nature Recordists] Re: [fieldcraft] cable wrapping techniques
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
>
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
Krause
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