That's the way I always dress cable. It's a habit I got into in production houses a long time ago. I also do "Opera-Ties" on soft goods.How do you feel about those *cough*riggers*cough* who insist on a clove hitch, then finish with a bow knot?
That's the way I always dress cable. It's a habit I got into in production houses a long time ago. I also do "Opera-Ties" on soft goods.How do you feel about those *cough*riggers*cough* who insist on a clove hitch, then finish with a bow knot?
Hence Icewolf08's
I like to use tie line, but i also you zip ties for cable that are going to be up for a longer time. But when using zip ties you have to be careful.
One of the problems with using zip ties is that if not installed with the proper tool, (yes, ANOTHER tool for your wishlist!), they can have very sharp edges. DO NOT just cut off the "tails" with a pair of diagonal cutters, a sure way to draw blood! If you don't have this tool, or similar, better to NOT cut off the tail. The "ZipTie Gun" (near bottom of the linked page) pulls the tail under tension before cutting it, so that the sharp edges recede into the locking mechanism once cut.Why? (I'm not sure I've heard that.)I like to use tie line, but i also you zip ties for cable that are going to be up for a longer time. But when using zip ties you have to be careful.
Then you haven't worked in this industry long enough.I've never cut myself on a zip-tie before...
Because they were obstructing something.
Because they were obstructing something.
Tieline/Velcro on the FEMALE end, correct?We use Gaff for anything on the deck, but tieline for anything on a pipe, or coiling cables, unless they have the velcro on them already. Our equipment manager makes sure every cable either has velcro or tieline on the end so you can tie it and put it in the trunk, and we have buckets of tieline in different thicknesses cut to 2' long. It's a good system.
the knots...we use square bows to tie drops and soft goods, if we are rigging with cable, we use clove with a circus hitch instead of a half hitch to complete it. But if we are using tieline to lift or hang anything, we use clove with one or two half hitches.
The last couple years I've been hired to help load in for a traveling production of Nutcracker. These people are hardcore believers in the e-tape. It seemed like a huge waste to me. Yes I can see times it's nice for wrapping a bunch of cable tight (like when running a bunch of lines up a boom when there will be a lot of people around). But it's one use and throw it away and the residue it'll leave after a long run is nasty. Give me tie line any day. Like Icewolf said, you can reuse it a long time.
Standbye Rimshot. I prefer my cable dressed in a little red something from Victoria's Secret or better yet nothing at all. Rimshot go. Sorry couldn't keep that in any longer.
Other than that they only use jute. Why? It is cheaper to buy Jute. So, before I started working here the electricians also used jute.
But when using zip ties you have to be careful.
Great idea...I tend to hate measuring and cutting line, and that's perfect.Overall, anything in the air, I prefer tie-line... usually cut by spinning it around a milk crate and then cut in one spot.
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