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There's a neat way to roll cables, called Roadie Wrap. Best described in video, but basically, you alternate the twist direction while you add each loop to the

• InitialLastName 8y ago
  Ugh please only do this with long cables (that you need to, say, throw across a stage). The nice thing about this wrap style is that the net twist of the cable is 0. The terrible thing is that if the person opening the cable doesn't expect it, they get a big knot and a jolt of frustration. Not only will a properly wrapped cable (with the natural twist and loop size of the cable) whether straight or over-under unwrap without knotting if unwrapped correctly, it will hugely extend the life of the cable over something like folding them. Source: I was an intern at a music venue, spent a lot of time wrapping/unwrapping cables.
• gumby 8y ago
  Sailors have been doing this for centuries, likely even millennia.
• snarfy 8y ago
  If you coil a cable around something like your palm or arm, with each revolution there is also a half twist. When unrolling the cable, it doesn't untwist. The result after repeated coiling is a twisted up cable that doesn't lay flat even when wound correctly. The roadie wrap technique removes the twist. Another technique I've found, and the one I prefer these days, is to coil the cables in the opposite direction when I put them away from when I opened them. If I wrapped the cable around my left arm before, when putting away I use my right arm. This also removes the twist like the roadie wrap. The roadie wrap removes the twist per revolution. This method removes it over the length of the cable.
• jws 8y ago
  The way teach this to people is: You have a holding hand and a grabbing hand. Alternate which way your thumb is pointed with your grabbing hand. I usually grab with my thumb toward the far end of the able first, then the next grab my thumb is toward the coil I am making. Your arm and its available motions sort the rest out.