Wrapping a Cable

Finishing up at the site in Little Rock, the on site engineer is watching me put away my gear. "How did you learn how to do that?" he asks. I pause for a moment. Use an impedance meter? Be a power quality engineer? No, he is watching me wrap a test lead, and notices I am wrapping it "over and under"

If you want to get away from the coiled cable look (even after you've unwrapped your cable!), and you want to be able to unwrap your cables fast, and want your cables to store without added tension (just say NO to the carpenter's elbow wrap!), then try the following method. It's a little difficult to explain, and may take some practice, but once you have it down you can wrap cables faster AND better than ever before - by the way, this is the method most professional roadies use.

I learned this skill / art working in the video production field. I always assumed it had naval origins (seems to be the best way to wrap a line for quick and twist-free deployment, and I come to find out its known as faking a line in those circles) But you can learn it as well. Video here. Text here.