"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
08/12/2013 at 16:52 • Filed to: OTBA
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"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
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I would imagine that this would work for power cords, hoses and other things that need to be coiled.
Sectorgraphics
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
08/12/2013 at 16:55 |
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Thanks! Gonna apply that at work tomorrow.
Decay buys too many beaters
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
08/12/2013 at 16:57 |
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I spent a few years at a recording studio and we always coiled all our cables like this. At this point I actually have a difficult time doing it any other way, since it has become so second nature.
Nerd-Vol
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
08/12/2013 at 17:06 |
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Nailed it!
desertdog5051
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
08/12/2013 at 17:27 |
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But I like knots.
ZeroOrDie - Powered By MZR
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
08/12/2013 at 17:58 |
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This is super important. Heard of a tech that pulled the wrong end thru a 1500ft coil and they had to unwind the whole thing to redo do it the other way since it was getting tangled. Why? Because they were 50 feet under gound haha.
Clown Shoe Pilot
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
08/12/2013 at 19:57 |
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I've seen guys get kicked off union stagehand jobs for arm-wrapping a cable.
My dad taught me the right way to coil cable when I was 10. I've not ruined millions of dollars worth of cable in the ensuing 30 years.
BJohnson11
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
08/12/2013 at 20:17 |
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Huh. Thought this was fairly common knowledge.
The ABSOLUTE WORST case of this is when people coil the chord for the TIG pedal or the ground clamp on any welder incorrectly (I work in a shop that students have free access too). Ruins the chords, makes maneuvering the foot pedal difficult, and is overall a headache. Actually, the worst is when the coil the TIG torch's cable wrong. Because then it gets kinked, and no gas flows through. THAT is seriously annoying.