Best knots for Cable Management

Here a few knots you can use to organize your cables and cords.
0:48 Single Cable - Monkey's Fist
5:19 Two Cables - Cobra Weave
11:52 Three Cables - Sailors Common Rope Wrapping
15:07 Four or more Cables - Cow Hitch Series
17:08 Shout out to Rick in IL

[@joeiveson8463]

Cool video. Your Son Elder Garcia is sitting at my table eating lunch. Great young men. I'm sure you are so proud. take care

[@threeriversforge1997]

Great ideas. Never thought of doing that, but I can certainly see it coming in handy. Gotta say, though, that when you cut all that green cord off from your sample piece.... you demonstrated exactly why I hate using the stuff. All that plastic going in the landfill just kills me. I know it might not seem like much, but every day millions of people are just so casual with wasting plastic cord. I can't count how many times I've found plastic lines out in the middle of the woods, wondering how in the world it could have gotten that far from any signs of civilization. That's why I love using cotton, hemp, manila and such. Not only does the rope look great - and "traditional" - but I know it rots away to nothing in only a few decades. If I need organic line to last outside in the weather, I apply pine tar like sailors of yore did. I'm a huge fan of Marlinspike Seamanship, and using organic fibers just has the right look, imo.

[@groussac]

This sounds like it might be a good subject for another video: options other than nylon. Since we found a Robin in our backyard hanging from the plastic netting they use to back up sod, I only use hemp cord in my gardening. I periodically go through the yard and remove any plastic that I see lying around. If the birds use hemp cord in their nests, not a big deal. Plastic, and it ends up in the food chain. The cord I use splays as soon as you cut it, so it does limit the types of knots I can tie: the Bowline to loop around the tomatoes, and usually nothing more elaborate than a wrap around the pole and 2 half hitches to secure the line. These plastic innovations that 'improve' our lives are choking the earth, but what can we do? It seems so hopeless. I garden, but it's with a sense of sadness, that what I'm doing makes so little difference.

[@tvdvd8661]

Yeah lots of wasted cord

[@kyriakosmaridakis8139]

I REQUESTED THAT !!! Thank you very much 🙏🤩😁

[@First_Class_Amateur]

That’s right! I looked back at my Instagram messages and saw that you asked about using a needle and thread. By this time the video was too long, so I have to catch that version on another. Thanks!

[@kyriakosmaridakis8139]

@@First_Class_Amateur amazing uses of cord You leave me speechless every time you post a video !

[@HyperionBadger]

You should write a book with illustrations. I would buy it 100%.

[@alexbuilds706]

So would I... I know there are other books, but using all the video footage/shots, a new version from our friend here would be fantastic. Very nice for my SHTF collection!

[@Zendukai]

Awesome knot tying skillz, cheers mate.

[@Zendukai]

I have to go through all my knot tying videos and create new playlists for different knots like, easy undo, never undo, towing knot, Truckie Hitch knots and so on, make it easier to locate which one I need to refer back to.

[@bustersbashers2280]

Awesome 👏 I love the different knots that can be achieved with any sort of cord or rope and colours… Thanks 👍👍👍🙏🏻

[@winniewotsit4452]

First rate video. Excellent presentation of some handy ideas. Utility transformed into art...

[@kfox153]

This is great for making loom cables for stage work. Using the neon cord is an awesome plus, great for visibility on stage.

[@deathbykindnes]

at 3:40 I laughed and said to myself "remember not to cut the wrong ends off" XD

[@Moriandrizzt]

Learned two new knots/weaves. And you present your information very clearly. Thanks!

[@chrissmith7669]

That’s so much beyond to what we used to do with waxed cord. Holy smokes great ideas

[@Ziraya0]

Another great tradition for cable management is cable lacing, broadly cable lacing is a set of 3 knots, in the middle you have a series of half hitches with some length between them, and then you have some kind of anchoring knots at the end, and there are a few to choose from. A series of half hitches is great at bundling cables, but even with a single cable, the stitching transfers tension along the cable by compressing it at each half hitch, instead of pulling along the cable, so they're great if you need to span a gap or achieve a given amount of droop, that the cable itself isn't suitable for. The knots on the end tend to fall under categories of whether you start with them or end with them, whether it's easy to pull tension into them or pull against them. An easy starter is the "telephone hitch" where you fold the cord in half, form a larks head at the bend, and feed the working ends through the larks head with your cables inside. This has the bonus that now your stitching has two cords, which lets you branch it easily later on. Ending knots get weird. If you look up the telephone hitch, you will often see it demonstrated with a knot I never see named, referred to only as the final knot or finishing knot, which is even visually a bit hard for me to follow. You bring your working end along to where you want to finish, then go around once, then pass under the standing end to go around a second time inside the first coil, then when you're back at the front, you feed the working end under the second coil, over top of the first coil, and back under the second coil now travelling anti-parallel along the standing end for a couple inches. Finally the working end crosses over the standing end, reverses direction once more, and wraps it several times. Pull in your tension and dress the knot. I assume this description is completely unclear, particularly in the drawings I'm looking at, how the coils are meant to lay is very unclear; there are simpler final knots, like a clove hitch with a square knot on it, or just 4 half hitches together, or the sailor's common rope wrapping depicted in the video, situationally these are all fine, but they seem to me particularly suited to sliding along cabling, especially smooth plastic cabling, unless care is taken to make them extremely tight. This unidentified knot seems really suited to grabbing on and keeping position, while not becoming difficult to dismantle or tension

[@luxdedeus]

This was a great video! Very helpful knots!

[@aiziajg7349]

Ikaragarria!!! Oso erbilgarria gaurko egunean. Mikla esker!

[@annquach6613]

Theres a whole field of lacing up feeder cable (big wire) with knots. It's quite rare to see in the field these days but I am instantly reminded when viewing this video.

[@annquach6613]

Look up Kansas city stitch or Chicago stitch on KZbin for more info.

[@PlomoorPlata]

Excellent as always. Thanks Rick

[@squishandsilver]

Alternate video title: How to make friendship bracelets for your cords.

[@AmDDJunkie]

I really like your content and am learning there are LOTS of different knots. Could you do a video of maybe the top 5 knots everyone should know and examples of where they are useful as well as why you'd use one over another?

[@zecuse]

For those curious, if you want the cow hitch cable holder's loops at 16:55 to instead go around 2 parallel bars on a desk (my use case) or something, pass the core loop around one bar before putting the underhand loop over it in front of the bar and repeat this with the last overhand loop as well to capture them. I'd suggest tying stopper knots on the ends so you could work some slack back through the hitches to remove any particular cable since the head of the cable is likely going to be big if you tighten this down. In general for any number of closely spaced bars, pass the core loop around the back of the bar and an underhand loop in front of it to grab it then continue as normal. Depending on the bars' orientations, this could allow you to string cables all along the gaps between them so long as they remain in place.

[@inon4037]

This is insanely useful!

[@caked3953]

I know knots and as professional industrial electrican cable management. Very interesting to see both in combination!

[@vezdexodnn152]

Мне очень нравится ваше творчество, благодарю за то что показываете как это делаете🤝

[@CamiloSantana]

love your content. hey, in your website, I recommend you make "starter packs" bundle products to have something for people who recently follow you to buy and have everything they need to do what they see.

[@lowflyingdonut]

Wanted to say the same thing. An easy way would be to set up affiliate links to Amazon, they can be added / updated on old vids too. Actually assembling starter kits would be more involved, but maybe more profitable? Then they could be sold right here off youtube even.

[@k9kayaks]

Very helpful video !!!

[@smb19732003]

another great video!

[@squirrelmanbob]

Interesting video but can you also give any measurements in metric for everyone who isn't in the USA. I'm sure you know the entire rest of the world is metric apart from I think 2 small third world countries

[@DoomRater]

Just add a banana for scale.

[@_MrTV]

Very cool thank you

[@signinffs]

Love your videos! You inspired me to buy the Ashley book of knots and to try out some stuff, I have a ton of ideas on where I can utilize knots already. Got a request for you, how about a way to carry one of those 24 packs of water bottles in one hand? And also, some sort of small netting with adjustable tightening to toss on the passenger seat of a motorcycle. Thank you!

[@ixilancerixi3195]

Love these videos man

[@StoneE4]

Great information as always. Thank you. This idea may be kind of basic compared to most of your other videos, but how about a video on adjustable tensioning knots? I know the Boy Scouts swear for the taut-line hitch but I've never had good luck with it - maybe it's the type of cordage I use. Could you compare and contrast several adjustable tensioning knots (the taut-line hitch, the midshipman's hitch, the Farrimond friction hitch, the adjustable grip hitch, etc.) and explain what types of rope they work best with and explain the advantages to using one over the other in different applications?

[@JelMain]

If you're careful, you can construct it on the core, without cutting the core off. Then, do it in about 1mm cord, with three passes, and repeat with a hollow core right above. Tighten it down until you can only just bed the the thumb knot in the middle, without tightening it, and work what you can out through it. The final close-down goes towards the standing end, and shouldn't yield more than 5mm or so. Repeat, and you've a set of cufflinks.

[@goatsinker347]

I failed to see how the anti theft additions discourage theft.

[@alexbuilds706]

I have to second what @HyperionBadger said below. If you ever get enough time, writing a book w/ all your knots and ideas would be an instant buy for me. Can use shots from all the YT vids. Just a thought!

[@Hannah_The_Heretic]

NO COLD PEACHES!

[@LucasdeAlmeidaSilva]

thanks a lot!!!

[@rancidscooter]

I don't know how to get a suggestion over to you but.... Do you think a truckers hitch (or other knot) could get tighter tension than a rachet strap? Idk, how you'd test that, but might be interesting to know.

[@NkRemTeh]

Ух епта! Удивил то как! А если автору показать что можно из капельниц сделать, он этого не выдержит.

[@Thezaccazzac]

Hey i got a pair of headphones with a ~6 foot cable, but i only sit 2 feet from the computer; So i end up with a super long tripping hazard of a loop. Got any knots that could help bundle this extra cordage together without wrapping it so tight it damages the wires?

[@tiortedrootsky]

The bolt is supposed to be just inconvenient for anything other than desk use?

[@knight16]

Great video! Are you still trading through the mail? I know it has been a few months since you said you were

[@Mike-tv9rk]

How does that stop your kid from taking your lead. Am I being a bit slow ?

[@GabrielKnightz]

How about this for a challenge: A Hanging multiple mug holder. Rules: Must be made of a single piece of rope. Has to accommodate atleast three mugs. Easy to attach and detach mugs.

[@KrogOfTurtlePeople]

That's fucking stupid

[@felipesaez3804]

Show how to fix matress, box etc...on the top of SUV

[@markmillenium438]

17:29 What weave was that around the styrofoam "donut"?

[@timwasko847]

I’d just grab some zip ties

[@Engineer9736]

For low voltage cables like USB, fine. But i wouldn’t do this to cables that carry kilowatts.. It’s a fire hazard.

[@vicvic7678]

Hi That metal instrument where it can be bought ?

[@shawnobrien5398]

Where did you get your Marlinspike at?

[@First_Class_Amateur]

You can pick one up from my Amazon shop. It’s my design. www.amazon.com/AwesomeForSale-Gravity-Hook-Titanium/dp/B07GCDJ1W1/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?m=A1JHSF2J93HE25&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&qid=1669048266&s=merchant-items&sr=1-6

[@leehunter1967]

👍🏻🇨🇦

[@samuelgomez9013]

Tutorial de la dona!

[@mikkosnellman]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnmoomWCh6iKoKM

[@Timbochop]

Disagree. Cold peaches are great.

[@umbigbry]

make sure to give ur son some lukewarm peaches next time

[@dickb2128]

I have no idea why you are putting those knots on a cable/wire. What is the point? None of it makes senseto this 81 year old brain.

[@pen25]

get some lacing cord. its waxed cordage. search youtube on att cable lacing or bellcore cable lacing. you wont regret it.