Cable boxes - ideas?

[pete.young]

Never mind the boxes. How do you stop the cables entangling themselves into a king rat's nest as soon is your back is turned, however neatly you coil them when you put them away I always seem to end up with a load of co-ax spaghetti :-(

[bass_ferret]

I use velcro to tie up my cables. Get a metre of velcro from your local fabric shop, chop it up and use it to tie up your cables - lasts for ever.

[OldGit]

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='163961' date='Mar 26 2008, 06:21 PM']I use velcro to tie up my cables. Get a metre of velcro from your local fabric shop, chop it up and use it to tie up your cables - lasts for ever.[/quote]

+1
Or the velcro cable tags from Ikea or the neat coloured "stay on the cable" ones from Sellotape


There was a discussion of this including the plastic cable tidies and the correct way to wind a cable (with video) on another thread.
Join in here
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=15540&view=findpost&p=159788"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&sho...st&p=159788[/url]
and read on ...

The video is here
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=15540&view=findpost&p=160019"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&sho...st&p=160019[/url]

Edited March 27, 2008 by OldGit

[pete.young]

[quote name='OldGit' post='164828' date='Mar 27 2008, 09:29 PM']+1
Or the velcro cable tags from Ikea or the neat coloured "stay on the cable" ones from Sellotape[/quote]
That looks like the very thing. Thanks gents, much appreciated.

Pete

[OldGit]

[quote name='pete.young' post='165064' date='Mar 28 2008, 09:25 AM']That looks like the very thing. Thanks gents, much appreciated.

Pete[/quote]

They won't totally tame the pesky things. Even with restraints they seem to get up to all sorts of naughtiness in the cable box ...

[stingrayfan]

[quote name='OldGit' post='164828' date='Mar 27 2008, 09:29 PM']There was a discussion of this including the plastic cable tidies and the correct way to wind a cable (with video) on another thread.[/quote]
Shame I missed that one.

[OldGit]

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='165093' date='Mar 28 2008, 10:24 AM']Shame I missed that one. [/quote]

Yeah

[Hot Tub]

[quote name='OldGit' post='159516' date='Mar 18 2008, 01:34 PM'][/quote]

+1

I bought one of these a couple of years back for telescope stuff (equatorial head, counterweights - all in about 70lbs), and it's rock solid. I even stand on it when the 'scope is close to vertical and I'm 17st. It's a tough little bggr, and the wheels and retractable handle mean it's a hoot to move around.

[OldGit]

[quote name='Low End' post='161177' date='Mar 20 2008, 11:52 PM']Old Git,
I think I may have seen these in my local B&Q in Ireland , I'll have a butchers for you over the w/e and let you know, you seem pretty hell bent on getting this one. It should be a quest for us all for you to be happy ... ^_^[/quote]

Hey LE, Any further sightings?
Ta
OG