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Title: Keeping cable together
Post by: blu666z on February 18, 2004, 05:04:11 PM

I want to try and 'attach' my 2 XLR cables together to make setup/teardown a little quicker.  Curious how people do this: cable ties/electrical tape?  Cables ties seems a little more sturdy but I'm afraid of the plastic digging into the cables.  

-Kevin

Title: Re:Keeping cable together
Post by: Tim on February 18, 2004, 05:06:12 PM

zip ties will work fine...

Title: Re:Keeping cable together
Post by: jpschust on February 18, 2004, 05:06:34 PM

depends what kind of sheathing you have- i dont like tape- it leaves goo on your cables.  zip ties are great- just dont pull them down too hard and clip the ends.

Title: Re:Keeping cable together
Post by: twatts (pants are so over-rated...) on February 18, 2004, 05:06:58 PM

I used those nylons ties on one set of cables, but keep my actual mic cables individual.

Terry

Title: Re:Keeping cable together
Post by: twatts (pants are so over-rated...) on February 18, 2004, 05:08:22 PM

Dig it:

http://cableorganizer.com/cableties-wrap-clips/

Terry

Title: Re:Keeping cable together
Post by: blu666z on February 18, 2004, 05:09:06 PM

Yeah, the goo was one problem I saw with using electrical tape.

-Kevin

Title: Re:Keeping cable together
Post by: mhibbs on February 19, 2004, 01:31:54 PM

I use electrical tape...I don't give a shit about the goo...they're cables.  They end up on the nasty floor at venues...goo from electrical tape doesn't really bother me.  I've tried zip ties, but even when clipped, they're sharp and you end up scratching yourself rolling them up.   Those cable clips from that website look like they wouldn't be roll-up friendly either.


mitch

Title: Re:Keeping cable together
Post by: mirth on February 19, 2004, 01:56:00 PM

moke sounds like a former scout, or someone who knows his knots.

Title: Re:Keeping cable together
Post by: Brian Skalinder on February 19, 2004, 02:11:32 PM

Quote from: Moke on February 19, 2004, 01:48:20 PM

I have had really good results with 1/8" bunjee cord / shock cord material.

Any recommendations on where to get this stuff, Moke?

Title: Re:Keeping cable together
Post by: leegeddy on February 19, 2004, 02:27:57 PM

i made these not too long ago.  i used the 1/2" sheath.

Canare StarQuad with Neutrik ends

marc

Title: Re:Keeping cable together
Post by: leegeddy on February 19, 2004, 03:00:29 PM

Quote from: Moke on February 19, 2004, 02:51:16 PM

Actually a hardware store / Home Depot might have it (1/8" shock / bunjee cord), as I've seen that they do have bulk material for making custom size bunjee cords

Quote from: leegeddy on February 19, 2004, 02:27:57 PM

i made these not too long ago.  i used the 1/2" sheath.

Canare StarQuad with Neutrik ends

marc

Marc,

Where do you get that material?

i got them at Pacific Radio Electronics in Burbank, CA.  i -think- they were quite cheap and had many sizes.  the 1/2" fitted the 2 StarQuad cables nicely and gave them all the flexibility they needed.  

anyone want any?

marc

Title: Re:Keeping cable together
Post by: F.O.Bean on February 21, 2004, 05:31:06 AM

i use zip ties on my AM's, but forthe star quads imgonna make, i think i'll use marc ideas, cause the am's are a bit too stiff todo that w/, but the star quads would be perfect 8)