[TheForge] Tidying up welding leads

Thu Aug 28 11:12:00 2003

Just spotted this thread.

Seems to me that what you need is a little seamanship training.  One of
my first lessons in sailing small craft was to keep your sheets (ropes
controlling the sails) coiled neatly.  You'll go over in a stiff breeze
or on a tack if your sheets tangle.

I was informed in no uncertain terms that I was coiling ropes "like a
washerwoman"!  I was in the habit of wrapping ropes around my arm.  Try
it - it introduces a twist in the coil that is nearly impossible to
straighten out.  That twist can get into ropes, hoses and cables very
easiliy unless you're careful.

However, with a little practice you can coil anything without
introducing the twist.  You still need to pay out the line neatly when
it comes time, but NOT having the twist in it helps immensely.

Hopes this helps.

Bruce
NJ

>>> [email protected] 08/28/03 10:10AM >>>
When I was a very young engineer we had a big construction job on a new
5
stand cold mill.  It was behind schedule and the construction manager
kept
adding more and more piping contactors to get back on schedule.  Each
contractor hand 5 or 6 welders going at once.  The floor was just
covered
with welding cables, just one on top of another.  Had temporary
lighting
cables, air hoses etc too.  Seemed like the mess was 2 or 3 inches
thick.
(Welder were parked outside the building.)  Really big mess, but they
got
all of the pipe done.  We joked that at the end we would just load the
cables in a dumpster and sell them for copper scrap, but they did get
them
all untangled somehow.

I know this is no help, but is does seem to be a universal problem.

Dave Smucker

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R.C.Mundt" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Tidying up welding leads

> I haven't tried it but I  firmly believe if you strung out  your
welding
> cables, air hoses etc. neatly across the shop floor friday night, on
Monday
> morning they would be tangled.  It must be gremlins or pixies or
somthing
> like that.
> Randy Mundt
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shannell Sugrue" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 12:12 AM
> Subject: [TheForge] Tidying up welding leads
>
>
> > Anyone got any good tricks for tidy ways to keeps welding leads
from
> > tangling?

SNIP
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