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    NeridqeAndrew Liszewski
    8/29/16 2:45pm

    and yet his loop STILL looks like an uneven shitmess.

    all cable have some sort of natural coil to them. the trick is finding it and sticking with it. IE over worked, over worked, over worked.

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      Mike_VeeNeridqe
      8/29/16 2:47pm

      This is how I’ve always learned it too.. to just go along the natural coil and let it coil over. I don’t know what’s the benefit of going under... it would seem like it will uncoil more unevenly as opposed to them being all coiled over and not under...

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      xXTomcatXxMike_Vee
      8/29/16 2:56pm

      I think it’s an internal stress thing. Every over is a clockwise stress (if you’re looking along the axis of the cable) between the core/wire and the sheath/covering. It obviously doesn’t do much in the near term, but over time you’re putting repeated stress in that same direction it’ll eventually lead to an earlier failure. By going back and forth you’re balancing out the stresses.

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    AgentRockstarAndrew Liszewski
    8/29/16 3:04pm

    I’ve always done it by arm or hand, depending on the size, I either wrap the cord around my elbow up to my hand, or just around the palm of my hand. Then usually, I use a zip tie or velcro tie around the end socket and one more around the opposite side.

    On the longer, sometimes with heavier cable like for extensions, you can do a figure 8.

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      derfitaAgentRockstar
      8/29/16 3:11pm

      I’ve always done it by arm or hand, depending on the size, I either wrap the cord around my elbow up to my hand, or just around the palm of my hand.

      If you are just talking about your household extension cords and the like, it’s NBD, but this is actually the worst possible thing you can do to cable. On a set, stage or in a studio, you will get your ass royally chewed for this.

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      AgentRockstarderfita
      8/29/16 3:15pm

      Well, then, good thing I don’t work for anyone to chew my ass.

      Heck I even do this with my headphones, none have gone bad yet.

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    KolmaAndrew Liszewski
    8/29/16 2:40pm

    I’ve always coiled my cables, that’s how they come in the box.

    I’ve never done the “overwork/underpaid”
    Usually its just a bunch of overworks so it keeps its coiled when laid out, good to know.

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      BrianorcaKolma
      8/29/16 2:54pm

      That’s because a standard coil is easy for machinery to make. But when you pull it out of the coil, it still has a twist in it, which can result in kinks. Small cables can absorb a small amount twist per foot, but larger diameter cables will get kinks if enough twists add up.

      With the “Roadie Wrap” you can lay the coil down, and just start pulling one end to where you need it. 50 feet, 100, makes no difference. You can even throw the whole thing across the floor, holding one end, and it lays down flat.

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      Do_Some_GoodKolma
      8/29/16 3:09pm

      Most of your cable is probably 3 to 10, maybe 15 feet. It’s MUCH less of a problem at that distance. But if you have 100, 200, 500 feet of cable, it’s really really helpful.

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    moetopAndrew Liszewski
    8/29/16 3:06pm

    Daisy chain for really long ones.

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      Brianorcamoetop
      8/29/16 6:09pm

      That might be fine for a power cord, but it stresses out the wires in any kind of data/audio/video cable.

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      Justin Culmomoetop
      8/30/16 8:18am

      I used to do this like crazy, and it works well. The problem is that it consumes so much time to get the cable back to its short form.

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    BeyondtheTechAndrew Liszewski
    8/29/16 3:20pm
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    Nailed it!

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    AnonymousCivilPersonAndrew Liszewski
    8/29/16 2:49pm

    This video made me feel underpaid.

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      SirMeiliAnonymousCivilPerson
      8/29/16 3:08pm

      What the hell are you doing on this site leaving comments!? GET BACK TO WORK!!!

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      8/29/16 3:18pm
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    chimheilAndrew Liszewski
    8/29/16 4:26pm

    I always wrap my cables like this. XLR, extension cord, even my garden hose. I like being able to throw it its entire length and it being straight or setting it on the ground and just walking and pulling and having the majority of the bundle stay in place except for the length I need.

    Just make sure like he said you keep the ends on the sides. That cool knot it makes is not very cool

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    ArcaneAndrew Liszewski
    8/29/16 2:49pm

    I can completely appreciate learning how to coil cables so they don’t turn into a tangled mess, but if this guy wants to get his point across, he really needs to stop complaining about his work environment and paycheck. I mean, if you don’t like what you do, find another job, moran. It’s like all he talked about during the whole video.

    /s

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    acarneyAndrew Liszewski
    8/29/16 4:48pm

    I worked for a TV studio for about 8 days before I quit... This is the single most useful thing I learned from that job!! Sometimes I toss out the extension cords just to see them perfectly stretch out in a single line with no tangles. It's fantastic!

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    Fabian KnockwurstAndrew Liszewski
    8/29/16 4:26pm

    It’s notable that this fine fellow started out this demonstrative effort as a spry 26 year-old named Bart (such are the threads of the Moerae)

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