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The Art of Cable Folding

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the for-the-ocd-in-you dept.

Mudzy writes "Nothing is worst than a bunch of dangling cables inside your computer case. The Tech Zone has a cool article up showing how to do Voodoo PC style cable folds. "

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  1. Uhm.... by r1ckt3r · · Score: 4, Informative

    do you mean "The Art Of Cable Folding"???

  2. It is indeed an art by sita · · Score: 3, Informative

    Fold your cable wrong and you get nasty reflections from the corners. Careful there!

  3. Re:Woo! by millwall · · Score: 3, Informative

    Hmmm... looks like this mirrordot page is folded to only show adverts....

  4. Re:The Art Worst Editing by PhrostyMcByte · · Score: 3, Informative

    Luckily for the ones with the rounded cables, none of them understands the crosstalk issues, but ignorance is bliss

    You can get round cables with shielding that prevents this.

  5. Mirror (sorta kinda...) by CyBot · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not a perfect mirror, but you can at least read the text on the first page of the article and see a pic
    http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/a662ce777aff44721 a78a32880232a7e/index.html

  6. More Tricks (the REAL art of cable folding) by base_chakra · · Score: 4, Informative

    In the world of roadies and pro audio nerds, there's a method for cable folding/wrapping that I learned years ago. It's popularly called the "over/under method".

    The idea is to wrap the cable in such a way that, when thrown, it will unravel perfectly without any knots or tangles; but it's still useful for smaller cables because it trains the shielding in such a way that promotes flexibility and prevents twists, curves, and tangles.

    Stagecraft has a video demonstration of how to do it (QuickTime, AVI, RealMedia), and the Internet Sound Institute has a tutorial with diagrams.