Hi everyone. So i came across this video of a socapex cable being wrapped and i though to myself isn't that bad for the cable to wrap it like that? to me that seems to be just as bad as wrapping it around your elbow.
It works pretty well if you unroll the cable as you go rather than try to uncoil it. Obviously easier with stagepin than soca, but I've gotten pretty good at either rolling soca along the floor or bouncing it in my hands. Definately easier than the uncoil/recoil trick.However... because it is spooled on top of itself instead of coiled it is nearly impossible to uncoil it in the field neatly. Instead you end up just coiling it again! I HATE these machines!
1. The machine coils to about a 30" diameter; your elbow to wrist, 15"-18".... and i though to myself isn't that bad for the cable to wrap it like that? to me that seems to be just as bad as wrapping it around your elbow. ...
4. If cable coilers were bad for cable, would 4Wall, PRG, Upstaging, Bandit, and so forth use them? The only real drawback is that only one cable can be coiled at a time. (While the other nineteen hands watch.)
However... because it is spooled on top of itself instead of coiled it is nearly impossible to uncoil it in the field neatly. Instead you end up just coiling it again! I HATE these machines!
Not to mention the mess all that jute makes
The worst is cable fresh from the manufacturer. I don't know how they coil, but trying uncoil a 100' fresh in its zip ties is a real test.
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I just take them up to the catwalk and lower them down and re-wrap them a couple of times. I find that if I don't assert dominance over the new cables, that my students don't stand a chance at over-undering them.The worst is cable fresh from the manufacturer. I don't know how they coil, but trying uncoil a 100' fresh in its zip ties is a real test.
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